#BE5237#BE5237

#BE5237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.146 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5237
RGB	rgb(190, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 41.73, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 55.66, 41.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1189 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.146 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9446, 17.2608, 5.6318)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5237 #37A3BE

analogous

#BE375F #BE5237 #BE9537

triadic

#BE5237 #37BE52 #5237BE

tetradic

#BE5237 #5FBE37 #37A3BE #9537BE

square

#BE5237 #5FBE37 #37A3BE #9537BE

split-complementary

#BE5237 #37BE95 #375FBE

monochromatic

#5F291C #8F3E29 #BE5237 #D17761 #DFA090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BE5237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BE5237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5237

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5237	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)

#6F6534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.146 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8866f',
    500: '#be5237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5237;
$custom-light: #d8866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57258,
    "c": 0.14555,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5237

secondary

#87BCCA

accent

#C1DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5237

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

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