#BE5438#BE5438

#BE5438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.143 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5438
RGB	rgb(190, 84, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 40.80, 36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 54.90, 42.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% 0.1162 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.143 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1218, 17.5766, 5.8103)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5438 #38A2BE

analogous

#BE385F #BE5438 #BE9738

triadic

#BE5438 #38BE54 #5438BE

tetradic

#BE5438 #5FBE38 #38A2BE #9738BE

square

#BE5438 #5FBE38 #38A2BE #9738BE

split-complementary

#BE5438 #38BE97 #385FBE

monochromatic

#5F2A1C #8F3F2A #BE5438 #D17962 #DFA292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#BE5438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#BE5438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5438

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5438	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 84, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.143 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88770',
    500: '#be5438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5438;
$custom-light: #d88770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.537,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57559,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5438

secondary

#88BCCA

accent

#BFDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5438

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

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