#BE5543#BE5543

#BE5543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.139 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5543
RGB	rgb(190, 85, 67)
HSL	hsl(9, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 64.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 40.94, 30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 51.32, 37.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% 0.1187 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.139 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4992, 17.8526, 7.4122)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5543 #43ACBE

analogous

#BE436F #BE5543 #BE9243

triadic

#BE5543 #43BE55 #5543BE

tetradic

#BE5543 #6FBE43 #43ACBE #9243BE

square

#BE5543 #6FBE43 #43ACBE #9243BE

split-complementary

#BE5543 #43BE92 #436FBE

monochromatic

#642C23 #914032 #BE5543 #CE7E70 #DDA79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#BE5543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#BE5543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BE5543

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BE5543	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)

#706741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 85, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.139 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88877',
    500: '#be5543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5543;
$custom-light: #d88877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.78,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57863,
    "c": 0.13929,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5543

secondary

#93C2CA

accent

#C4D850

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C09

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5543

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

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