#BE4E49#BE4E49

#BE4E49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.146 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4E49
RGB	rgb(190, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.11, 44.73, 25.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.11, 51.71, 30.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.1316 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.146 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1645, 16.8802, 8.2351)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4E49 #49B9BE

analogous

#BE497F #BE4E49 #BE8949

triadic

#BE4E49 #49BE4E #4E49BE

tetradic

#BE4E49 #7FBE49 #49B9BE #8949BE

square

#BE4E49 #7FBE49 #49B9BE #8949BE

split-complementary

#BE4E49 #49BE89 #497FBE

monochromatic

#682825 #953935 #BE4E49 #CE7A76 #DEA6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BE4E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BE4E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4E49

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4E49	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.146 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8847c',
    500: '#be4e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4e49;
$custom-light: #d8847c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.564,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5698,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4E49

secondary

#98C9CB

accent

#D1D751

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFEE

border

#D5CAC9

text

#160B09

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4E49

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

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