#BE5738#BE5738

#BE5738 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.140 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5738
RGB	rgb(190, 87, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 39.30, 37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 54.25, 43.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.1116 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.14 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3596, 18.0523, 5.8896)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5738 #389FBE

analogous

#BE385C #BE5738 #BE9A38

triadic

#BE5738 #38BE57 #5738BE

tetradic

#BE5738 #5CBE38 #389FBE #9A38BE

square

#BE5738 #5CBE38 #389FBE #9A38BE

split-complementary

#BE5738 #38BE9A #385CBE

monochromatic

#5F2C1C #8F412A #BE5738 #D17C62 #DFA392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#BE5738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#BE5738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5738

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5738	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)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 87, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.140 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88970',
    500: '#be5738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5738;
$custom-light: #d88970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.881,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5738

secondary

#88BBCA

accent

#BCDE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5738

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

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