#B33E22#B33E22

#B33E22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.158 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B33E22
RGB	rgb(179, 62, 34)
HSL	hsl(12, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(12, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 81%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, 46.12, 41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 62.05, 42.00°)
OKLab	oklab(52.6% 0.1297 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(52.6% 0.158 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6041, 13.1475, 2.9658)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B33E22 #2297B3

analogous

#B3224F #B33E22 #B38722

triadic

#B33E22 #22B33E #3E22B3

tetradic

#B33E22 #4FB322 #2297B3 #8722B3

square

#B33E22 #4FB322 #2297B3 #8722B3

split-complementary

#B33E22 #22B387 #224FB3

monochromatic

#4C1A0E #802C18 #B33E22 #D95839 #E3836C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#B33E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#B33E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B33E22

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B33E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B33E22	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60551E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D6F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C51C39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b33e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 62, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.158 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2795f',
    500: '#b33e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b33e22;
$custom-light: #d2795f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b33e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.586,
    "s": 68.075,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52602,
    "c": 0.15755,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B33E22

secondary

#68B6C9

accent

#C9EB3D

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B33E22

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

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