#BE5138#BE5138

#BE5138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.146 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5138
RGB	rgb(190, 81, 56)
HSL	hsl(11, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 42.27, 36.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 55.58, 40.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1208 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.146 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8939, 17.1208, 5.7344)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5138 #38A5BE

analogous

#BE3862 #BE5138 #BE9438

triadic

#BE5138 #38BE51 #5138BE

tetradic

#BE5138 #62BE38 #38A5BE #9438BE

square

#BE5138 #62BE38 #38A5BE #9438BE

split-complementary

#BE5138 #38BE94 #3862BE

monochromatic

#5F291C #8F3D2A #BE5138 #D17762 #DFA092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BE5138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BE5138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5138

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5138	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)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 81, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.146 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8856f',
    500: '#be5138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5138;
$custom-light: #d8856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.194,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5713,
    "c": 0.14624,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5138

secondary

#88BDCA

accent

#C2DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5138

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

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