#BE4F38#BE4F38

#BE4F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.148 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4F38
RGB	rgb(190, 79, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 43.23, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 56.04, 39.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.1238 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.148 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7475, 16.8279, 5.6856)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4F38 #38A7BE

analogous

#BE3864 #BE4F38 #BE9238

triadic

#BE4F38 #38BE4F #4F38BE

tetradic

#BE4F38 #64BE38 #38A7BE #9238BE

square

#BE4F38 #64BE38 #38A7BE #9238BE

split-complementary

#BE4F38 #38BE92 #3864BE

monochromatic

#5F281C #8F3B2A #BE4F38 #D17562 #DF9F92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BE4F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BE4F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4F38

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4F38	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)

#6D6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 79, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.148 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9846f',
    500: '#be4f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4f38;
$custom-light: #d9846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.299,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5685,
    "c": 0.14821,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4F38

secondary

#88BECA

accent

#C4DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4F38

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

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