#BE5140#BE5140

#BE5140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.144 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5140
RGB	rgb(190, 81, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 42.71, 31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 53.19, 36.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% 0.1237 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.144 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1054, 17.2054, 6.8484)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5140 #40ADBE

analogous

#BE406E #BE5140 #BE9040

triadic

#BE5140 #40BE51 #5140BE

tetradic

#BE5140 #6EBE40 #40ADBE #9040BE

square

#BE5140 #6EBE40 #40ADBE #9040BE

split-complementary

#BE5140 #40BE90 #406EBE

monochromatic

#622A21 #903D31 #BE5140 #CE7A6D #DDA49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BE5140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BE5140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5140

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5140	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 81, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.144 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88575',
    500: '#be5140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5140;
$custom-light: #d88575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.095,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57244,
    "c": 0.1442,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5140

secondary

#90C2C9

accent

#C6D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5140

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

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