#BE4E42#BE4E42

#BE4E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.147 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4E42
RGB	rgb(190, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 44.27, 29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 53.43, 34.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.1289 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.147 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9453, 16.7925, 7.0809)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4E42 #42B2BE

analogous

#BE4274 #BE4E42 #BE8C42

triadic

#BE4E42 #42BE4E #4E42BE

tetradic

#BE4E42 #74BE42 #42B2BE #8C42BE

square

#BE4E42 #74BE42 #42B2BE #8C42BE

split-complementary

#BE4E42 #42BE8C #4274BE

monochromatic

#632922 #913B32 #BE4E42 #CE7970 #DDA39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BE4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BE4E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4E42

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4E42	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.147 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88476',
    500: '#be4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4e42;
$custom-light: #d88476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.806,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5686,
    "c": 0.14691,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4E42

secondary

#92C4CA

accent

#CBD84F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4E42

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

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