#BE4C42#BE4C42

#BE4C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.149 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4C42
RGB	rgb(190, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, 45.22, 29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 53.97, 33.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% 0.1319 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.149 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8054, 16.5127, 7.0342)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4C42 #42B4BE

analogous

#BE4276 #BE4C42 #BE8A42

triadic

#BE4C42 #42BE4C #4C42BE

tetradic

#BE4C42 #76BE42 #42B4BE #8A42BE

square

#BE4C42 #76BE42 #42B4BE #8A42BE

split-complementary

#BE4C42 #42BE8A #4276BE

monochromatic

#632722 #913A32 #BE4C42 #CE7770 #DDA29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BE4C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BE4C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4C42

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4C42	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.149 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88276',
    500: '#be4c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4c42;
$custom-light: #d88276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.839,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5659,
    "c": 0.14904,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4C42

secondary

#92C5CA

accent

#CDD84F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4C42

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

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