#BE4E40#BE4E40

#BE4E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.147 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4E40
RGB	rgb(190, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 44.15, 31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 53.97, 35.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.1282 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.147 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8874, 16.7694, 6.7758)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4E40 #40B0BE

analogous

#BE4071 #BE4E40 #BE8D40

triadic

#BE4E40 #40BE4E #4E40BE

tetradic

#BE4E40 #71BE40 #40B0BE #8D40BE

square

#BE4E40 #71BE40 #40B0BE #8D40BE

split-complementary

#BE4E40 #40BE8D #4071BE

monochromatic

#622821 #903B31 #BE4E40 #CE786D #DDA29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BE4E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BE4E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4E40

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4E40	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.147 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88475',
    500: '#be4e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4e40;
$custom-light: #d88475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56828,
    "c": 0.14733,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4E40

secondary

#90C3C9

accent

#CAD94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4E40

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →