#E23536#E23536

#E23536 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.209 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E23536
RGB	rgb(226, 53, 54)
HSL	hsl(360, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(360, 77%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 76.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 65.13, 41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 77.21, 32.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% 0.1879 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.209 26)
XYZ	xyz(33.3070, 18.9866, 5.4003)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E23536 #35E2E1

analogous

#E2358D #E23536 #E28A35

triadic

#E23536 #36E235 #3536E2

tetradic

#E23536 #8DE235 #35E2E1 #8A35E2

square

#E23536 #8DE235 #35E2E1 #8A35E2

split-complementary

#E23536 #35E28A #358DE2

monochromatic

#891414 #BE1B1C #E23536 #EA6B6B #F1A0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#E23536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#E23536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E23536

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E23536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E23536	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F90038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e23536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 53, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.209 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f57b6e',
    500: '#e23536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e23536;
$custom-light: #f57b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e23536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.653,
    "s": 74.892,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59992,
    "c": 0.20905,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.18981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E23536

secondary

#95DEDD

accent

#F2F036

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#190A07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E23536

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

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