#BE4E37#BE4E37

#BE4E37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.149 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4E37
RGB	rgb(190, 78, 55)
HSL	hsl(10, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 43.66, 36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 56.58, 39.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% 0.1249 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.149 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6517, 16.6751, 5.5342)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4E37 #37A7BE

analogous

#BE3764 #BE4E37 #BE9137

triadic

#BE4E37 #37BE4E #4E37BE

tetradic

#BE4E37 #64BE37 #37A7BE #9137BE

square

#BE4E37 #64BE37 #37A7BE #9137BE

split-complementary

#BE4E37 #37BE91 #3764BE

monochromatic

#5F271C #8F3B29 #BE4E37 #D17461 #DF9E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BE4E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BE4E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4E37

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4E37	1.00	4.84	4.33	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 78, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.149 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9836f',
    500: '#be4e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4e37;
$custom-light: #d9836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56699,
    "c": 0.14945,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4E37

secondary

#87BECA

accent

#C5DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4E37

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

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