#BE4B38#BE4B38

#BE4B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.152 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4B38
RGB	rgb(190, 75, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 45.12, 34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 57.00, 37.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.1296 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.152 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4676, 16.2681, 5.5923)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4B38 #38ABBE

analogous

#BE3868 #BE4B38 #BE8E38

triadic

#BE4B38 #38BE4B #4B38BE

tetradic

#BE4B38 #68BE38 #38ABBE #8E38BE

square

#BE4B38 #68BE38 #38ABBE #8E38BE

split-complementary

#BE4B38 #38BE8E #3868BE

monochromatic

#5F261C #8F382A #BE4B38 #D17262 #DF9D92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BE4B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BE4B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4B38

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4B38	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 75, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.152 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9826f',
    500: '#be4b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4b38;
$custom-light: #d9826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.507,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56307,
    "c": 0.1522,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4B38

secondary

#88C0CA

accent

#C9DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4B38

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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