#BE5955#BE5955

#BE5955 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.131 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5955
RGB	rgb(190, 89, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 40.25, 21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 45.79, 28.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.1195 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.131 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4494, 18.7508, 10.8190)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5955 #55BABE

analogous

#BE5586 #BE5955 #BE8E55

triadic

#BE5955 #55BE59 #5955BE

tetradic

#BE5955 #86BE55 #55BABE #8E55BE

square

#BE5955 #86BE55 #55BABE #8E55BE

split-complementary

#BE5955 #55BE8E #5586BE

monochromatic

#6E2D2A #9B3F3B #BE5955 #CF8481 #E0AFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BE5955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BE5955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5955

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5955	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 89, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.131 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68b85',
    500: '#be5955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5955;
$custom-light: #d68b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.286,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58777,
    "c": 0.13106,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5955

secondary

#A1CCCE

accent

#CFD453

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5955

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

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