#BE5037#BE5037

#BE5037 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.147 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5037
RGB	rgb(190, 80, 55)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 42.70, 36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 56.12, 40.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.1219 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.147 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7959, 16.9636, 5.5823)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5037 #37A5BE

analogous

#BE3761 #BE5037 #BE9337

triadic

#BE5037 #37BE50 #5037BE

tetradic

#BE5037 #61BE37 #37A5BE #9337BE

square

#BE5037 #61BE37 #37A5BE #9337BE

split-complementary

#BE5037 #37BE93 #3761BE

monochromatic

#5F281C #8F3C29 #BE5037 #D17661 #DF9F90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BE5037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BE5037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5037

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5037	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 80, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.147 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9856f',
    500: '#be5037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5037;
$custom-light: #d9856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.111,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56976,
    "c": 0.14749,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5037

secondary

#87BDCA

accent

#C3DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5037

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

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