#BE4E48#BE4E48

#BE4E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.146 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4E48
RGB	rgb(190, 78, 72)
HSL	hsl(3, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 62.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 44.66, 26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 51.94, 30.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1312 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.146 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1316, 16.8670, 8.0619)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4E48 #48B8BE

analogous

#BE487D #BE4E48 #BE8948

triadic

#BE4E48 #48BE4E #4E48BE

tetradic

#BE4E48 #7DBE48 #48B8BE #8948BE

square

#BE4E48 #7DBE48 #48B8BE #8948BE

split-complementary

#BE4E48 #48BE89 #487DBE

monochromatic

#672825 #943935 #BE4E48 #CE7A75 #DEA5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BE4E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BE4E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4E48

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4E48	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 78, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.146 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8847b',
    500: '#be4e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4e48;
$custom-light: #d8847b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.051,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56962,
    "c": 0.14579,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4E48

secondary

#97C8CB

accent

#D0D751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4E48

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

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