#BE5538#BE5538

#BE5538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.142 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5538
RGB	rgb(190, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 40.30, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 54.68, 42.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1147 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.142 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2000, 17.7329, 5.8364)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5538 #38A1BE

analogous

#BE385E #BE5538 #BE9838

triadic

#BE5538 #38BE55 #5538BE

tetradic

#BE5538 #5EBE38 #38A1BE #9838BE

square

#BE5538 #5EBE38 #38A1BE #9838BE

split-complementary

#BE5538 #38BE98 #385EBE

monochromatic

#5F2B1C #8F402A #BE5538 #D17A62 #DFA292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#BE5538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#BE5538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5538

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5538	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D03F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.142 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88870',
    500: '#be5538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5538;
$custom-light: #d88870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.985,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57705,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5538

secondary

#88BCCA

accent

#BEDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5538

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

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