#B33E38#B33E38

#B33E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.153 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B33E38
RGB	rgb(179, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 68.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.24, 47.08, 29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.24, 55.58, 32.12°)
OKLab	oklab(52.87% 0.137 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(52.87% 0.153 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0290, 13.3174, 5.2038)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B33E38 #38ADB3

analogous

#B3386F #B33E38 #B37B38

triadic

#B33E38 #38B33E #3E38B3

tetradic

#B33E38 #6FB338 #38ADB3 #7B38B3

square

#B33E38 #6FB338 #38ADB3 #7B38B3

split-complementary

#B33E38 #38B37B #386FB3

monochromatic

#561E1B #842E29 #B33E38 #CC625C #DB8F8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#B33E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#B33E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B33E38

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B33E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B33E38	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5213E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b33e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.153 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1796f',
    500: '#b33e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b33e38;
$custom-light: #d1796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b33e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.927,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52873,
    "c": 0.15326,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B33E38

secondary

#82C2C5

accent

#D5DC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B33E38

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

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