#BE4E2A#BE4E2A

#BE4E2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.153 H 37.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4E2A
RGB	rgb(190, 78, 42)
HSL	hsl(15, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 77.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, 43.08, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 60.72, 44.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.1207 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.153 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3801, 16.5664, 4.1039)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4E2A #2A9ABE

analogous

#BE2A50 #BE4E2A #BE982A

triadic

#BE4E2A #2ABE4E #4E2ABE

tetradic

#BE4E2A #50BE2A #2A9ABE #982ABE

square

#BE4E2A #50BE2A #2A9ABE #982ABE

split-complementary

#BE4E2A #2ABE98 #2A50BE

monochromatic

#5A2514 #8C391F #BE4E2A #D86F4D #E39880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BE4E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BE4E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4E2A

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4E2A	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 78, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.153 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98366',
    500: '#be4e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4e2a;
$custom-light: #d98366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.595,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56549,
    "c": 0.15283,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4E2A

secondary

#78B7CB

accent

#BEE741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4E2A

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

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