#BE5A42#BE5A42

#BE5A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.134 H 34.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5A42
RGB	rgb(190, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, 38.36, 32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 50.40, 40.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% 0.1105 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.134 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8771, 18.6560, 7.3915)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5A42 #42A6BE

analogous

#BE4268 #BE5A42 #BE9842

triadic

#BE5A42 #42BE5A #5A42BE

tetradic

#BE5A42 #68BE42 #42A6BE #9842BE

square

#BE5A42 #68BE42 #42A6BE #9842BE

split-complementary

#BE5A42 #42BE98 #4268BE

monochromatic

#632F22 #914432 #BE5A42 #CE8270 #DDAA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BE5A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BE5A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5A42

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5A42	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D04754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.134 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78b77',
    500: '#be5a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5a42;
$custom-light: #d78b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.613,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58591,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5A42

secondary

#92BFCA

accent

#BED84F

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5A42

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

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