#BE4E35#BE4E35

#BE4E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.150 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4E35
RGB	rgb(190, 78, 53)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 43.56, 37.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 57.20, 40.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.1242 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.15 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6047, 16.6563, 5.2868)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4E35 #35A5BE

analogous

#BE3560 #BE4E35 #BE9335

triadic

#BE4E35 #35BE4E #4E35BE

tetradic

#BE4E35 #60BE35 #35A5BE #9335BE

square

#BE4E35 #60BE35 #35A5BE #9335BE

split-complementary

#BE4E35 #35BE93 #3560BE

monochromatic

#5E271A #8E3A28 #BE4E35 #D2735E #DF9D8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BE4E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BE4E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4E35

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4E35	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)

#6C6232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D13549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 78, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.150 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9836d',
    500: '#be4e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4e35;
$custom-light: #d9836d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.949,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56673,
    "c": 0.14996,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4E35

secondary

#85BDCA

accent

#C4E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4E35

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

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