#BE5541#BE5541

#BE5541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.140 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5541
RGB	rgb(190, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(10, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(10, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 65.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.29, 40.81, 32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.29, 51.90, 38.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.118 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.14 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4402, 17.8290, 7.1017)
Luminance	0.1783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5541 #41AABE

analogous

#BE416B #BE5541 #BE9441

triadic

#BE5541 #41BE55 #5541BE

tetradic

#BE5541 #6BBE41 #41AABE #9441BE

square

#BE5541 #6BBE41 #41AABE #9441BE

split-complementary

#BE5541 #41BE94 #416BBE

monochromatic

#632C22 #904131 #BE5541 #CE7E6F #DDA79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BE5541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BE5541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5541

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5541	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70673F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.140 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88876',
    500: '#be5541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5541;
$custom-light: #d88876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.6,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57832,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5541

secondary

#91C0C9

accent

#C3D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5541

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

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