#BE4E59#BE4E59

#BE4E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.144 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4E59
RGB	rgb(190, 78, 89)
HSL	hsl(354, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(354, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 45.96, 16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 48.93, 20.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.138 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.144 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7649, 17.1203, 11.3970)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4E59 #4EBEB3

analogous

#BE4E91 #BE4E59 #BE7B4E

triadic

#BE4E59 #59BE4E #4E59BE

tetradic

#BE4E59 #91BE4E #4EBEB3 #7B4EBE

square

#BE4E59 #91BE4E #4EBEB3 #7B4EBE

split-complementary

#BE4E59 #4EBE7B #4E91BE

monochromatic

#6A272E #973841 #BE4E59 #CE7B83 #DFA8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BE4E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BE4E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4E59

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4E59	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)

#686459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 78, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.144 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78487',
    500: '#be4e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4e59;
$custom-light: #d78487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.107,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57306,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4E59

secondary

#9CCCC7

accent

#D6C952

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBEFEF

border

#D4CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4E59

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

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