#BE5040#BE5040

#BE5040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.145 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5040
RGB	rgb(190, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 43.20, 31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 53.45, 36.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1252 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.145 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0317, 17.0579, 6.8239)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5040 #40AEBE

analogous

#BE406F #BE5040 #BE8F40

triadic

#BE5040 #40BE50 #5040BE

tetradic

#BE5040 #6FBE40 #40AEBE #8F40BE

square

#BE5040 #6FBE40 #40AEBE #8F40BE

split-complementary

#BE5040 #40BE8F #406FBE

monochromatic

#622921 #903D31 #BE5040 #CE7A6D #DDA39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BE5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BE5040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5040

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5040	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.145 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88575',
    500: '#be5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5040;
$custom-light: #d88575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.619,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57104,
    "c": 0.14524,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5040

secondary

#90C2C9

accent

#C8D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5040

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

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