#BE8A79#BE8A79

#BE8A79 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.069 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BE8A79
RGB	rgb(190, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(15, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(15, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.4%, 36.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, 17.56, 16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 24.40, 43.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% 0.0535 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.069 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7760, 30.5066, 22.1948)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BE8A79 #79ADBE

analogous

#BE798A #BE8A79 #BEAC79

triadic

#BE8A79 #79BE8A #8A79BE

tetradic

#BE8A79 #8ABE79 #79ADBE #AC79BE

square

#BE8A79 #8ABE79 #79ADBE #AC79BE

split-complementary

#BE8A79 #79BEAC #798ABE

monochromatic

#7F4E3E #A86752 #BE8A79 #D2AEA2 #E6D2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#BE8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#BE8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BE8A79

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BE8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BE8A79	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #be8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(190, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.069 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ac9f',
    500: '#be8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #be8a79;
$custom-light: #d3ac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#be8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 190,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.783,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6798,
    "c": 0.06875,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BE8A79

secondary

#BCD0D6

accent

#91AE38

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BE8A79

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

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