#BE5542#BE5542

#BE5542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.140 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5542
RGB	rgb(190, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 40.88, 31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 51.61, 37.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.1183 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.14 32)
XYZ	xyz(25.4694, 17.8407, 7.2556)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5542 #42ABBE

analogous

#BE426D #BE5542 #BE9342

triadic

#BE5542 #42BE55 #5542BE

tetradic

#BE5542 #6DBE42 #42ABBE #9342BE

square

#BE5542 #6DBE42 #42ABBE #9342BE

split-complementary

#BE5542 #42BE93 #426DBE

monochromatic

#632C22 #914032 #BE5542 #CE7E70 #DDA79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BE5542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BE5542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5542

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5542	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)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.140 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88877',
    500: '#be5542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5542;
$custom-light: #d88877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.194,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57847,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.17837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5542

secondary

#92C1CA

accent

#C3D84F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5542

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

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