#E2234E#E2234E

#E2234E is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.220 H 16.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2234E
RGB	rgb(226, 35, 78)
HSL	hsl(346, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(346, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 65.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.41, 70.71, 25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.41, 75.32, 20.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.2109 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.22 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3440, 17.9261, 8.9106)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2234E #23E2B7

analogous

#E223AD #E2234E #E25723

triadic

#E2234E #4EE223 #234EE2

tetradic

#E2234E #ADE223 #23E2B7 #5723E2

square

#E2234E #ADE223 #23E2B7 #5723E2

split-complementary

#E2234E #23E257 #23ADE2

monochromatic

#7A1028 #B1173A #E2234E #E9597A #F08FA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#E2234E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#E2234E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E2234E

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2234E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2234E	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F80037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2234e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 35, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.220 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4757f',
    500: '#e2234e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2234e;
$custom-light: #f4757f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2234e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.492,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59164,
    "c": 0.21975,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2234E

secondary

#86DBC8

accent

#F3C835

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FFEEEE

border

#D7C9C9

text

#190A0A

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2234E

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

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