#B33517#B33517

#B33517 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.167 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B33517
RGB	rgb(179, 53, 23)
HSL	hsl(12, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(12, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.52, 49.55, 45.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.52, 67.24, 42.54°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% 0.1385 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.167 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0206, 12.1949, 2.1101)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B33517 #1795B3

analogous

#B31747 #B33517 #B38317

triadic

#B33517 #17B335 #3517B3

tetradic

#B33517 #47B317 #1795B3 #8317B3

square

#B33517 #47B317 #1795B3 #8317B3

split-complementary

#B33517 #17B383 #1747B3

monochromatic

#471509 #7D2510 #B33517 #E34924 #EA765B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#B33517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#B33517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B33517

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B33517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B33517	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)

#5B5011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6C0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b33517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 53, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.167 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37458',
    500: '#b33517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b33517;
$custom-light: #d37458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b33517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51479,
    "c": 0.16742,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B33517

secondary

#58B7CD

accent

#CFF434

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160903

muted

#847B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B33517

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

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