#BE5B59#BE5B59

#BE5B59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.128 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5B59
RGB	rgb(190, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(1, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, 39.58, 20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 44.39, 26.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.118 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.128 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7815, 19.1536, 11.7359)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5B59 #59BCBE

analogous

#BE598A #BE5B59 #BE8E59

triadic

#BE5B59 #59BE5B #5B59BE

tetradic

#BE5B59 #8ABE59 #59BCBE #8E59BE

square

#BE5B59 #8ABE59 #59BCBE #8E59BE

split-complementary

#BE5B59 #59BE8E #598ABE

monochromatic

#712D2C #9D3F3D #BE5B59 #CF8685 #E0B2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#BE5B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#BE5B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5B59

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5B59	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4C5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.128 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68c87',
    500: '#be5b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5b59;
$custom-light: #d68c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.188,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59159,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5B59

secondary

#A4CECF

accent

#D1D354

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5B59

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

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