#E23138#E23138

#E23138 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.212 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E23138
RGB	rgb(226, 49, 56)
HSL	hsl(358, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 75.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, 66.36, 39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 77.44, 31.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.1922 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.212 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1801, 18.6562, 5.5946)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E23138 #31E2DB

analogous

#E23191 #E23138 #E28331

triadic

#E23138 #38E231 #3138E2

tetradic

#E23138 #91E231 #31E2DB #8331E2

square

#E23138 #91E231 #31E2DB #8331E2

split-complementary

#E23138 #31E283 #3191E2

monochromatic

#861317 #BB1A21 #E23138 #EA676C #F19CA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#E23138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#E23138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E23138

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E23138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E23138	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F90036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e23138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 49, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.212 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5796f',
    500: '#e23138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e23138;
$custom-light: #f5796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e23138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.627,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5971,
    "c": 0.21172,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E23138

secondary

#92DDDA

accent

#F2EA36

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEC

border

#D7C9C7

text

#190A07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E23138

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

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