#BE5E45#BE5E45

#BE5E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.130 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5E45
RGB	rgb(190, 94, 69)
HSL	hsl(12, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 36.50, 32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 48.57, 41.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.1053 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.13 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3144, 19.3853, 7.9851)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5E45 #45A5BE

analogous

#BE4568 #BE5E45 #BE9A45

triadic

#BE5E45 #45BE5E #5E45BE

tetradic

#BE5E45 #68BE45 #45A5BE #9A45BE

square

#BE5E45 #68BE45 #45A5BE #9A45BE

split-complementary

#BE5E45 #45BE9A #4568BE

monochromatic

#653123 #934733 #BE5E45 #CE8572 #DEADA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#BE5E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#BE5E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5E45

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5E45	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 94, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.130 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78e79',
    500: '#be5e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5e45;
$custom-light: #d78e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.397,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59254,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5E45

secondary

#95BFCA

accent

#BCD850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5E45

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

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