#BE4E56#BE4E56

#BE4E56 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.144 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4E56
RGB	rgb(190, 78, 86)
HSL	hsl(356, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(356, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.35, 45.71, 18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.35, 49.32, 22.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.1368 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.144 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.6414, 17.0710, 10.7470)
Luminance	0.1707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4E56 #4EBEB6

analogous

#BE4E8E #BE4E56 #BE7E4E

triadic

#BE4E56 #56BE4E #4E56BE

tetradic

#BE4E56 #8EBE4E #4EBEB6 #7E4EBE

square

#BE4E56 #8EBE4E #4EBEB6 #7E4EBE

split-complementary

#BE4E56 #4EBE7E #4E8EBE

monochromatic

#6A272C #97383E #BE4E56 #CE7B81 #DFA8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BE4E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BE4E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4E56

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4E56	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 78, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.144 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78485',
    500: '#be4e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4e56;
$custom-light: #d78485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57239,
    "c": 0.14432,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4E56

secondary

#9CCCC9

accent

#D6CC52

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4E56

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

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