#BE5740#BE5740

#BE5740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.138 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5740
RGB	rgb(190, 87, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.2%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 39.76, 33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 51.72, 39.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% 0.1145 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.138 34)
XYZ	xyz(25.5712, 18.1369, 7.0037)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5740 #40A7BE

analogous

#BE4068 #BE5740 #BE9640

triadic

#BE5740 #40BE57 #5740BE

tetradic

#BE5740 #68BE40 #40A7BE #9640BE

square

#BE5740 #68BE40 #40A7BE #9640BE

split-complementary

#BE5740 #40BE96 #4068BE

monochromatic

#622D21 #904231 #BE5740 #CE7F6D #DDA79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#BE5740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#BE5740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5740

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5740	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 87, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.138 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88975',
    500: '#be5740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5740;
$custom-light: #d88975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.952,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58111,
    "c": 0.13806,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.18134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5740

secondary

#90BFC9

accent

#C0D94F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5740

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

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