#BE4D40#BE4D40

#BE4D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.148 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4D40
RGB	rgb(190, 77, 64)
HSL	hsl(6, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 44.63, 30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 54.23, 34.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1296 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.148 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8169, 16.6283, 6.7523)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4D40 #40B1BE

analogous

#BE4072 #BE4D40 #BE8C40

triadic

#BE4D40 #40BE4D #4D40BE

tetradic

#BE4D40 #72BE40 #40B1BE #8C40BE

square

#BE4D40 #72BE40 #40B1BE #8C40BE

split-complementary

#BE4D40 #40BE8C #4072BE

monochromatic

#622821 #903A31 #BE4D40 #CE776D #DDA29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BE4D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BE4D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4D40

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4D40	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 77, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.148 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88375',
    500: '#be4d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4d40;
$custom-light: #d88375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.19,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56693,
    "c": 0.14838,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4D40

secondary

#90C4C9

accent

#CBD94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4D40

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

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