#B33427#B33427

#B33427 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.166 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B33427
RGB	rgb(179, 52, 39)
HSL	hsl(6, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(6, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.9%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.52, 50.41, 37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.52, 62.76, 36.56°)
OKLab	oklab(51.52% 0.144 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(51.52% 0.166 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1869, 12.1892, 3.2089)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B33427 #27A6B3

analogous

#B32760 #B33427 #B37A27

triadic

#B33427 #27B334 #3427B3

tetradic

#B33427 #60B327 #27A6B3 #7A27B3

square

#B33427 #60B327 #27A6B3 #7A27B3

split-complementary

#B33427 #27B37A #2760B3

monochromatic

#4E1711 #81251C #B33427 #D64F41 #E17E74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#B33427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B33427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B33427

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B33427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B33427	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b33427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 52, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.166 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27462',
    500: '#b33427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b33427;
$custom-light: #d27462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b33427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.571,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51515,
    "c": 0.16569,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B33427

secondary

#6EC0C8

accent

#D8E741

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B33427

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

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