#BE4F37#BE4F37

#BE4F37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.148 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4F37
RGB	rgb(190, 79, 55)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 43.18, 36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 56.35, 39.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.1234 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.148 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7233, 16.8182, 5.5580)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4F37 #37A6BE

analogous

#BE3762 #BE4F37 #BE9337

triadic

#BE4F37 #37BE4F #4F37BE

tetradic

#BE4F37 #62BE37 #37A6BE #9337BE

square

#BE4F37 #62BE37 #37A6BE #9337BE

split-complementary

#BE4F37 #37BE93 #3762BE

monochromatic

#5F281C #8F3B29 #BE4F37 #D17561 #DF9E90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BE4F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BE4F37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4F37

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4F37	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 79, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.148 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9846f',
    500: '#be4f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4f37;
$custom-light: #d9846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56837,
    "c": 0.14847,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4F37

secondary

#87BECA

accent

#C4DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4F37

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

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