#BE5240#BE5240

#BE5240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.143 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5240
RGB	rgb(190, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 42.23, 31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 52.94, 37.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.1222 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.143 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1803, 17.3551, 6.8734)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5240 #40ACBE

analogous

#BE406D #BE5240 #BE9140

triadic

#BE5240 #40BE52 #5240BE

tetradic

#BE5240 #6DBE40 #40ACBE #9140BE

square

#BE5240 #6DBE40 #40ACBE #9140BE

split-complementary

#BE5240 #40BE91 #406DBE

monochromatic

#622A21 #903E31 #BE5240 #CE7B6D #DDA59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BE5240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BE5240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5240

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5240	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.143 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88675',
    500: '#be5240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5240;
$custom-light: #d88675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57385,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5240

secondary

#90C1C9

accent

#C5D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5240

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

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