#B33242#B33242

#B33242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.165 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B33242
RGB	rgb(179, 50, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(353, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.63, 52.51, 21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.63, 56.73, 22.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% 0.1563 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.165 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7165, 12.2613, 6.4290)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B33242 #32B3A3

analogous

#B33283 #B33242 #B36232

triadic

#B33242 #42B332 #3242B3

tetradic

#B33242 #83B332 #32B3A3 #6232B3

square

#B33242 #83B332 #32B3A3 #6232B3

split-complementary

#B33242 #32B362 #3283B3

monochromatic

#53171F #832530 #B33242 #CF5363 #DC838E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#B33242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#B33242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B33242

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B33242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B33242	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b33242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 50, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.165 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17376',
    500: '#b33242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b33242;
$custom-light: #d17376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b33242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.558,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51724,
    "c": 0.16462,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B33242

secondary

#7BC6BC

accent

#E0CD48

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B33242

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

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