#BE4C40#BE4C40

#BE4C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.149 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4C40
RGB	rgb(190, 76, 64)
HSL	hsl(6, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 45.09, 30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 54.50, 34.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.1311 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.149 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7475, 16.4895, 6.7291)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4C40 #40B2BE

analogous

#BE4073 #BE4C40 #BE8B40

triadic

#BE4C40 #40BE4C #4C40BE

tetradic

#BE4C40 #73BE40 #40B2BE #8B40BE

square

#BE4C40 #73BE40 #40B2BE #8B40BE

split-complementary

#BE4C40 #40BE8B #4073BE

monochromatic

#622721 #903A31 #BE4C40 #CE766D #DDA19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BE4C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BE4C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4C40

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4C40	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A623E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 76, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.149 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88275',
    500: '#be4c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4c40;
$custom-light: #d88275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56558,
    "c": 0.14944,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4C40

secondary

#90C4C9

accent

#CCD94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4C40

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

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