#BE5142#BE5142

#BE5142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.144 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5142
RGB	rgb(190, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 42.84, 30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 52.64, 35.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1244 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.144 30)
XYZ	xyz(25.1634, 17.2286, 7.1536)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5142 #42AFBE

analogous

#BE4271 #BE5142 #BE8F42

triadic

#BE5142 #42BE51 #5142BE

tetradic

#BE5142 #71BE42 #42AFBE #8F42BE

square

#BE5142 #71BE42 #42AFBE #8F42BE

split-complementary

#BE5142 #42BE8F #4271BE

monochromatic

#632A22 #913D32 #BE5142 #CE7B70 #DDA59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BE5142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BE5142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5142

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5142	1.00	4.72	4.44	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.144 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88577',
    500: '#be5142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5142;
$custom-light: #d88577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.258,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57275,
    "c": 0.14373,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.17225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5142

secondary

#92C3CA

accent

#C8D84F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCEFED

border

#D5CAC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5142

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →