#E23237#E23237

#E23237 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.211 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E23237
RGB	rgb(226, 50, 55)
HSL	hsl(358, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.9%, 75.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.37, 66.04, 40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.37, 77.52, 31.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.191 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.211 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1982, 18.7311, 5.4811)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E23237 #32E2DD

analogous

#E2328F #E23237 #E28532

triadic

#E23237 #37E232 #3237E2

tetradic

#E23237 #8FE232 #32E2DD #8532E2

square

#E23237 #8FE232 #32E2DD #8532E2

split-complementary

#E23237 #32E285 #328FE2

monochromatic

#871316 #BC1B1F #E23237 #EA686B #F19DA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#E23237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#E23237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E23237

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E23237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E23237	1.00	4.43	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F90036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e23237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 50, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.211 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f57a6e',
    500: '#e23237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e23237;
$custom-light: #f57a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e23237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.295,
    "s": 75.214,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59773,
    "c": 0.21113,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E23237

secondary

#92DDDB

accent

#F2EC36

background

#FFF7F6

surface

#FFEEEC

border

#D7C9C7

text

#190A07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E23237

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

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