#BE5949#BE5949

#BE5949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.134 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5949
RGB	rgb(190, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 39.34, 28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 48.62, 36.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1148 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.134 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0124, 18.5761, 8.5177)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5949 #49AEBE

analogous

#BE4974 #BE5949 #BE9449

triadic

#BE5949 #49BE59 #5949BE

tetradic

#BE5949 #74BE49 #49AEBE #9449BE

square

#BE5949 #74BE49 #49AEBE #9449BE

split-complementary

#BE5949 #49BE94 #4974BE

monochromatic

#682E25 #954235 #BE5949 #CE8276 #DEABA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BE5949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BE5949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5949

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5949	1.00	4.45	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.134 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78a7c',
    500: '#be5949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5949;
$custom-light: #d78a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.205,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58552,
    "c": 0.13353,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5949

secondary

#98C4CB

accent

#C5D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5949

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

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