#BE5550#BE5550

#BE5550 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.137 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5550
RGB	rgb(190, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(3, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 41.85, 23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 48.07, 29.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1238 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.137 25)
XYZ	xyz(25.9339, 18.0265, 9.7016)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5550 #50B9BE

analogous

#BE5082 #BE5550 #BE8C50

triadic

#BE5550 #50BE55 #5550BE

tetradic

#BE5550 #82BE50 #50B9BE #8C50BE

square

#BE5550 #82BE50 #50B9BE #8C50BE

split-complementary

#BE5550 #50BE8C #5082BE

monochromatic

#6C2B28 #983D39 #BE5550 #CF807D #DFACA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BE5550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#BE5550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5550

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5550	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F684F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.137 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78881',
    500: '#be5550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5550;
$custom-light: #d78881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58091,
    "c": 0.13653,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.18023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5550

secondary

#9DCBCD

accent

#D0D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5550

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

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