#BE5540#BE5540

#BE5540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.140 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5540
RGB	rgb(190, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 40.75, 32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 52.20, 38.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.1176 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.14 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4115, 17.8175, 6.9505)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5540 #40A9BE

analogous

#BE406A #BE5540 #BE9440

triadic

#BE5540 #40BE55 #5540BE

tetradic

#BE5540 #6ABE40 #40A9BE #9440BE

square

#BE5540 #6ABE40 #40A9BE #9440BE

split-complementary

#BE5540 #40BE94 #406ABE

monochromatic

#622C21 #904131 #BE5540 #CE7D6D #DDA69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BE5540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BE5540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5540

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5540	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70673E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.140 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88875',
    500: '#be5540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5540;
$custom-light: #d88875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57816,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5540

secondary

#90C0C9

accent

#C2D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5540

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

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