#BE5259#BE5259

#BE5259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.139 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5259
RGB	rgb(190, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(356, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.14, 44.05, 17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.14, 47.50, 21.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.132 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.139 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0577, 17.7061, 11.4947)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5259 #52BEB7

analogous

#BE528F #BE5259 #BE8152

triadic

#BE5259 #59BE52 #5259BE

tetradic

#BE5259 #8FBE52 #52BEB7 #8152BE

square

#BE5259 #8FBE52 #52BEB7 #8152BE

split-complementary

#BE5259 #52BE81 #528FBE

monochromatic

#6D292D #993A40 #BE5259 #CF7E84 #DFABAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#BE5259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BE5259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5259

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5259	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.139 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78687',
    500: '#be5259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5259;
$custom-light: #d78687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.111,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57853,
    "c": 0.13925,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5259

secondary

#9FCDCA

accent

#D5CD53

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5259

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

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