#BE4E50#BE4E50

#BE4E50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.145 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4E50
RGB	rgb(190, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 45.24, 21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 50.28, 25.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% 0.1344 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.145 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4098, 16.9783, 9.5269)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4E50 #4EBEBC

analogous

#BE4E88 #BE4E50 #BE844E

triadic

#BE4E50 #50BE4E #4E50BE

tetradic

#BE4E50 #88BE4E #4EBEBC #844EBE

square

#BE4E50 #88BE4E #4EBEBC #844EBE

split-complementary

#BE4E50 #4EBE84 #4E88BE

monochromatic

#6A2728 #973839 #BE4E50 #CE7B7C #DFA8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BE4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BE4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4E50

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4E50	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69644F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.145 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78481',
    500: '#be4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4e50;
$custom-light: #d78481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.929,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57113,
    "c": 0.14473,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4E50

secondary

#9CCCCB

accent

#D6D452

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4E50

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

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