#BE5442#BE5442

#BE5442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.141 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5442
RGB	rgb(190, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 41.37, 31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 51.86, 37.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% 0.1199 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.141 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3912, 17.6843, 7.2295)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5442 #42ACBE

analogous

#BE426E #BE5442 #BE9242

triadic

#BE5442 #42BE54 #5442BE

tetradic

#BE5442 #6EBE42 #42ACBE #9242BE

square

#BE5442 #6EBE42 #42ACBE #9242BE

split-complementary

#BE5442 #42BE92 #426EBE

monochromatic

#632C22 #914032 #BE5442 #CE7D70 #DDA69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#BE5442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BE5442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5442

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5442	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.141 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88777',
    500: '#be5442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5442;
$custom-light: #d88777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.71,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57702,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5442

secondary

#92C2CA

accent

#C4D84F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160B08

muted

#847C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5442

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

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