#BE5137#BE5137

#BE5137 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.147 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5137
RGB	rgb(190, 81, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 42.22, 36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 55.89, 40.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1204 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.147 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8697, 17.1111, 5.6069)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5137 #37A4BE

analogous

#BE3760 #BE5137 #BE9537

triadic

#BE5137 #37BE51 #5137BE

tetradic

#BE5137 #60BE37 #37A4BE #9537BE

square

#BE5137 #60BE37 #37A4BE #9537BE

split-complementary

#BE5137 #37BE95 #3760BE

monochromatic

#5F291C #8F3D29 #BE5137 #D17761 #DFA090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BE5137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BE5137 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5137

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5137	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 81, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.147 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8856f',
    500: '#be5137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5137;
$custom-light: #d8856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57116,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5137

secondary

#87BDCA

accent

#C2DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5137

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

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