#BE5535#BE5535

#BE5535 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.143 H 37.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5535
RGB	rgb(190, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.14, 40.15, 38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.14, 55.66, 43.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.1137 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.143 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1288, 17.7044, 5.4615)
Luminance	0.1770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5535 #359EBE

analogous

#BE3559 #BE5535 #BE9A35

triadic

#BE5535 #35BE55 #5535BE

tetradic

#BE5535 #59BE35 #359EBE #9A35BE

square

#BE5535 #59BE35 #359EBE #9A35BE

split-complementary

#BE5535 #35BE9A #3559BE

monochromatic

#5E2A1A #8E4028 #BE5535 #D2795E #DFA18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#BE5535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#BE5535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5535

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5535	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)

#726631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.143 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8886e',
    500: '#be5535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5535;
$custom-light: #d8886e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.015,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57667,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5535

secondary

#85BACA

accent

#BCE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5535

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

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