#BE5243#BE5243

#BE5243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.142 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5243
RGB	rgb(190, 82, 67)
HSL	hsl(7, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 64.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 42.41, 30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 52.10, 35.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.1233 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.142 30)
XYZ	xyz(25.2680, 17.3902, 7.3351)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5243 #43AFBE

analogous

#BE4371 #BE5243 #BE8F43

triadic

#BE5243 #43BE52 #5243BE

tetradic

#BE5243 #71BE43 #43AFBE #8F43BE

square

#BE5243 #71BE43 #43AFBE #8F43BE

split-complementary

#BE5243 #43BE8F #4371BE

monochromatic

#642B23 #913E32 #BE5243 #CE7C70 #DDA69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BE5243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#BE5243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5243

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5243	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 82, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.142 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88677',
    500: '#be5243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5243;
$custom-light: #d88677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.317,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57432,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.17387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5243

secondary

#93C3CA

accent

#C8D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5243

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

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