#BE4E39#BE4E39

#BE4E39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.149 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4E39
RGB	rgb(190, 78, 57)
HSL	hsl(9, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 43.76, 34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 55.98, 38.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.1256 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.149 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7006, 16.6946, 5.7918)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4E39 #39A9BE

analogous

#BE3966 #BE4E39 #BE9039

triadic

#BE4E39 #39BE4E #4E39BE

tetradic

#BE4E39 #66BE39 #39A9BE #9039BE

square

#BE4E39 #66BE39 #39A9BE #9039BE

split-complementary

#BE4E39 #39BE90 #3966BE

monochromatic

#60271D #8F3B2B #BE4E39 #D07564 #DF9F93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BE4E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BE4E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4E39

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4E39	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)

#6C6236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 78, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.149 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98370',
    500: '#be4e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4e39;
$custom-light: #d98370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56726,
    "c": 0.14896,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4E39

secondary

#89BFCA

accent

#C6DD4B

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4E39

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

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