#BE5E55#BE5E55

#BE5E55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.125 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5E55
RGB	rgb(190, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(5, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(5, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 37.70, 23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 44.24, 31.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.1116 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.125 27)
XYZ	xyz(26.8797, 19.6114, 10.9624)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5E55 #55B5BE

analogous

#BE5581 #BE5E55 #BE9355

triadic

#BE5E55 #55BE5E #5E55BE

tetradic

#BE5E55 #81BE55 #55B5BE #9355BE

square

#BE5E55 #81BE55 #55B5BE #9355BE

split-complementary

#BE5E55 #55BE93 #5581BE

monochromatic

#6E302A #9B433B #BE5E55 #CF8881 #E0B2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#BE5E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#BE5E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5E55

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5E55	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF4F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.125 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68e85',
    500: '#be5e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5e55;
$custom-light: #d68e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59536,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.19608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5E55

secondary

#A1CACE

accent

#C9D453

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5E55

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

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