#B33E42#B33E42

#B33E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.152 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B33E42
RGB	rgb(179, 62, 66)
HSL	hsl(358, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(358, 65%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 63.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.40, 47.67, 23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.40, 53.26, 26.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% 0.1409 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.152 22)
XYZ	xyz(21.2985, 13.4252, 6.6230)
Luminance	0.1342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B33E42 #3EB3AF

analogous

#B33E7C #B33E42 #B3753E

triadic

#B33E42 #42B33E #3E42B3

tetradic

#B33E42 #7CB33E #3EB3AF #753EB3

square

#B33E42 #7CB33E #3EB3AF #753EB3

split-complementary

#B33E42 #3EB375 #3E7CB3

monochromatic

#581F20 #862E31 #B33E42 #CA6568 #D99295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#B33E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#B33E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B33E42

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B33E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B33E42	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A703F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b33e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 62, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.152 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07976',
    500: '#b33e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b33e42;
$custom-light: #d07976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b33e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.949,
    "s": 48.548,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53044,
    "c": 0.15196,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.13422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B33E42

secondary

#88C5C2

accent

#D8D350

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B33E42

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

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