#BE4E38#BE4E38

#BE4E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.149 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4E38
RGB	rgb(190, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, 43.71, 35.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 56.28, 39.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1252 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.149 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6759, 16.6847, 5.6617)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4E38 #38A8BE

analogous

#BE3865 #BE4E38 #BE9138

triadic

#BE4E38 #38BE4E #4E38BE

tetradic

#BE4E38 #65BE38 #38A8BE #9138BE

square

#BE4E38 #65BE38 #38A8BE #9138BE

split-complementary

#BE4E38 #38BE91 #3865BE

monochromatic

#5F271C #8F3B2A #BE4E38 #D17562 #DF9E92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BE4E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BE4E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4E38

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4E38	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.149 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9836f',
    500: '#be4e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4e38;
$custom-light: #d9836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.851,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56712,
    "c": 0.14921,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4E38

secondary

#88BFCA

accent

#C6DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4E38

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

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