#B33E2E#B33E2E

#B33E2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.7% C 0.155 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B33E2E
RGB	rgb(179, 62, 46)
HSL	hsl(7, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(7, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.11, 46.58, 35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.11, 58.38, 37.07°)
OKLab	oklab(52.73% 0.1334 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(52.73% 0.155 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8084, 13.2292, 4.0420)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B33E2E #2EA3B3

analogous

#B32E61 #B33E2E #B3812E

triadic

#B33E2E #2EB33E #3E2EB3

tetradic

#B33E2E #61B32E #2EA3B3 #812EB3

square

#B33E2E #61B32E #2EA3B3 #812EB3

split-complementary

#B33E2E #2EB381 #2E61B3

monochromatic

#521C15 #822D21 #B33E2E #D15D4D #DE897E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#B33E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B33E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B33E2E

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B33E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B33E2E	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F562C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C6F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C51F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b33e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 62, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.7% 0.155 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17967',
    500: '#b33e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b33e2e;
$custom-light: #d17967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b33e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.218,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52733,
    "c": 0.15509,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B33E2E

secondary

#76BDC6

accent

#CFE246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B33E2E

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

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