#BE4E36#BE4E36

#BE4E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.150 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4E36
RGB	rgb(190, 78, 54)
HSL	hsl(11, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 43.61, 36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 56.89, 39.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1245 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.15 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6279, 16.6656, 5.4092)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4E36 #36A6BE

analogous

#BE3662 #BE4E36 #BE9236

triadic

#BE4E36 #36BE4E #4E36BE

tetradic

#BE4E36 #62BE36 #36A6BE #9236BE

square

#BE4E36 #62BE36 #36A6BE #9236BE

split-complementary

#BE4E36 #36BE92 #3662BE

monochromatic

#5F271B #8E3A28 #BE4E36 #D27460 #DF9D8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BE4E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BE4E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4E36

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4E36	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)

#6C6233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 78, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.150 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9836e',
    500: '#be4e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4e36;
$custom-light: #d9836e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.588,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56686,
    "c": 0.14971,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4E36

secondary

#86BECA

accent

#C5DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4E36

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

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