#BE5238#BE5238

#BE5238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.145 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5238
RGB	rgb(190, 82, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 41.78, 36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 55.35, 40.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1193 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.145 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.9688, 17.2705, 5.7593)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5238 #38A4BE

analogous

#BE3861 #BE5238 #BE9538

triadic

#BE5238 #38BE52 #5238BE

tetradic

#BE5238 #61BE38 #38A4BE #9538BE

square

#BE5238 #61BE38 #38A4BE #9538BE

split-complementary

#BE5238 #38BE95 #3861BE

monochromatic

#5F291C #8F3E2A #BE5238 #D17862 #DFA192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BE5238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BE5238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5238

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5238	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)

#6F6535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 82, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.145 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8866f',
    500: '#be5238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5238;
$custom-light: #d8866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.642,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57271,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5238

secondary

#88BDCA

accent

#C1DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5238

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

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