#BE5737#BE5737

#BE5737 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.141 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5737
RGB	rgb(190, 87, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, 39.25, 37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 54.58, 44.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.1113 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.141 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3354, 18.0426, 5.7621)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5737 #379EBE

analogous

#BE375B #BE5737 #BE9A37

triadic

#BE5737 #37BE57 #5737BE

tetradic

#BE5737 #5BBE37 #379EBE #9A37BE

square

#BE5737 #5BBE37 #379EBE #9A37BE

split-complementary

#BE5737 #37BE9A #375BBE

monochromatic

#5F2C1C #8F4129 #BE5737 #D17C61 #DFA390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BE5737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BE5737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5737

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5737	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 87, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.141 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8896f',
    500: '#be5737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5737;
$custom-light: #d8896f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57987,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5737

secondary

#87BACA

accent

#BBDE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5737

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

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