#BE5159#BE5159

#BE5159 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.141 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5159
RGB	rgb(190, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(356, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 44.53, 17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 47.86, 21.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1335 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.141 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9829, 17.5564, 11.4697)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5159 #51BEB6

analogous

#BE5190 #BE5159 #BE7F51

triadic

#BE5159 #59BE51 #5159BE

tetradic

#BE5159 #90BE51 #51BEB6 #7F51BE

square

#BE5159 #90BE51 #51BEB6 #7F51BE

split-complementary

#BE5159 #51BE7F #5190BE

monochromatic

#6C282D #993940 #BE5159 #CF7E84 #DFAAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#BE5159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BE5159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5159

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5159	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.141 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78687',
    500: '#be5159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5159;
$custom-light: #d78687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.596,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57714,
    "c": 0.1405,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5159

secondary

#9ECDC9

accent

#D5CC53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5159

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

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