#BE5E59#BE5E59

#BE5E59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.124 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE5E59
RGB	rgb(190, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(3, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, 38.04, 20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 43.41, 28.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% 0.1132 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.124 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0431, 19.6768, 11.8231)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BE5E59 #59B9BE

analogous

#BE5987 #BE5E59 #BE9059

triadic

#BE5E59 #59BE5E #5E59BE

tetradic

#BE5E59 #87BE59 #59B9BE #9059BE

square

#BE5E59 #87BE59 #59B9BE #9059BE

split-complementary

#BE5E59 #59BE90 #5987BE

monochromatic

#712F2C #9D423D #BE5E59 #CF8985 #E0B3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#BE5E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#BE5E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BE5E59

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE5E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE5E59	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be5e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.124 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68e88',
    500: '#be5e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be5e59;
$custom-light: #d68e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be5e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.97,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59617,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE5E59

secondary

#A4CDCF

accent

#CDD354

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FBF0EF

border

#D4CBCA

text

#150C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE5E59

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

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