#BE4F42#BE4F42

#BE4F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.146 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE4F42
RGB	rgb(190, 79, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 43.80, 30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 53.16, 34.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57% 0.1274 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.146 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0169, 16.9357, 7.1048)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE4F42 #42B1BE

analogous

#BE4273 #BE4F42 #BE8D42

triadic

#BE4F42 #42BE4F #4F42BE

tetradic

#BE4F42 #73BE42 #42B1BE #8D42BE

square

#BE4F42 #73BE42 #42B1BE #8D42BE

split-complementary

#BE4F42 #42BE8D #4273BE

monochromatic

#632922 #913C32 #BE4F42 #CE7970 #DDA49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BE4F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BE4F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE4F42

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE4F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE4F42	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be4f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 79, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.146 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88476',
    500: '#be4f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be4f42;
$custom-light: #d88476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be4f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.29,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56997,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE4F42

secondary

#92C4CA

accent

#CAD84F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE4F42

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

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