#B33A27#B33A27

#B33A27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.160 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B33A27
RGB	rgb(179, 58, 39)
HSL	hsl(8, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 78.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.40, 48.00, 38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.40, 61.41, 38.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.18% 0.1364 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(52.18% 0.16 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4720, 12.7593, 3.3039)
Luminance	0.1276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B33A27 #27A0B3

analogous

#B3275A #B33A27 #B38027

triadic

#B33A27 #27B33A #3A27B3

tetradic

#B33A27 #5AB327 #27A0B3 #8027B3

square

#B33A27 #5AB327 #27A0B3 #8027B3

split-complementary

#B33A27 #27B380 #275AB3

monochromatic

#4E1911 #812A1C #B33A27 #D65641 #E18374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#B33A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#B33A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B33A27

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B33A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B33A27	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C51437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b33a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 58, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.160 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27762',
    500: '#b33a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b33a27;
$custom-light: #d27762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b33a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.143,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52177,
    "c": 0.16024,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B33A27

secondary

#6EBCC8

accent

#D1E741

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B33A27

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

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