#BE4E57#BE4E57

#BE4E57 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.144 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4E57
RGB	rgb(190, 78, 87)
HSL	hsl(355, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(355, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.37, 45.79, 17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.37, 49.18, 21.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1372 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.144 18)
XYZ	xyz(25.6820, 17.0872, 10.9607)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4E57 #4EBEB5

analogous

#BE4E8F #BE4E57 #BE7D4E

triadic

#BE4E57 #57BE4E #4E57BE

tetradic

#BE4E57 #8FBE4E #4EBEB5 #7D4EBE

square

#BE4E57 #8FBE4E #4EBEB5 #7D4EBE

split-complementary

#BE4E57 #4EBE7D #4E8FBE

monochromatic

#6A272D #97383F #BE4E57 #CE7B81 #DFA8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BE4E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BE4E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4E57

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4E57	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857C54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 78, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.144 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78486',
    500: '#be4e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4e57;
$custom-light: #d78486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.179,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57261,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.17084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4E57

secondary

#9CCCC8

accent

#D6CB52

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4E57

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

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