#E23831#E23831

#E23831 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.207 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E23831
RGB	rgb(226, 56, 49)
HSL	hsl(2, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, 64.04, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 77.97, 34.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% 0.1835 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.207 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3366, 19.2241, 4.8605)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E23831 #31DBE2

analogous

#E23183 #E23831 #E29131

triadic

#E23831 #31E238 #3831E2

tetradic

#E23831 #83E231 #31DBE2 #9131E2

square

#E23831 #83E231 #31DBE2 #9131E2

split-complementary

#E23831 #31E291 #3183E2

monochromatic

#861713 #BB211A #E23831 #EA6C67 #F1A09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#E23831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#E23831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E23831

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E23831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E23831	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C622E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F90039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e23831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 56, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.207 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f57c6a',
    500: '#e23831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e23831;
$custom-light: #f57c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e23831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.373,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60182,
    "c": 0.20741,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E23831

secondary

#92DADD

accent

#EAF236

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#190B06

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E23831

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

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