#BE4D42#BE4D42

#BE4D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.148 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4D42
RGB	rgb(190, 77, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 44.75, 29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 53.70, 33.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% 0.1304 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.148 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8748, 16.6515, 7.0574)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4D42 #42B3BE

analogous

#BE4275 #BE4D42 #BE8B42

triadic

#BE4D42 #42BE4D #4D42BE

tetradic

#BE4D42 #75BE42 #42B3BE #8B42BE

square

#BE4D42 #75BE42 #42B3BE #8B42BE

split-complementary

#BE4D42 #42BE8B #4275BE

monochromatic

#632822 #913A32 #BE4D42 #CE7870 #DDA39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BE4D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BE4D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4D42

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4D42	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 77, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.148 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88376',
    500: '#be4d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4d42;
$custom-light: #d88376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.323,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56724,
    "c": 0.14798,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4D42

secondary

#92C5CA

accent

#CCD84F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4D42

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

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