#BE5235#BE5235

#BE5235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.146 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5235
RGB	rgb(190, 82, 53)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 41.63, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 56.30, 42.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% 0.1182 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.146 36)
XYZ	xyz(24.8976, 17.2420, 5.3844)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5235 #35A1BE

analogous

#BE355C #BE5235 #BE9735

triadic

#BE5235 #35BE52 #5235BE

tetradic

#BE5235 #5CBE35 #35A1BE #9735BE

square

#BE5235 #5CBE35 #35A1BE #9735BE

split-complementary

#BE5235 #35BE97 #355CBE

monochromatic

#5E291A #8E3D28 #BE5235 #D2775E #DF9F8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BE5235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BE5235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5235

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5235	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 82, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.146 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9866d',
    500: '#be5235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5235;
$custom-light: #d9866d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.701,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57233,
    "c": 0.14611,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.17239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5235

secondary

#85BBCA

accent

#C0E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5235

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

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