#E23949#E23949

#E23949 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.204 H 21.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E23949
RGB	rgb(226, 57, 73)
HSL	hsl(354, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, 64.71, 31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 71.91, 25.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% 0.1906 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.204 21)
XYZ	xyz(34.0335, 19.5812, 8.2896)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E23949 #39E2D2

analogous

#E2399D #E23949 #E27E39

triadic

#E23949 #49E239 #3949E2

tetradic

#E23949 #9DE239 #39E2D2 #7E39E2

square

#E23949 #9DE239 #39E2D2 #7E39E2

split-complementary

#E23949 #39E27E #399DE2

monochromatic

#8C1520 #C11C2C #E23949 #EA6E7A #F2A4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#E23949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#E23949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E23949

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E23949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E23949	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F80041

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e23949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 57, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.204 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f47d7b',
    500: '#e23949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e23949;
$custom-light: #f47d7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e23949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.32,
    "s": 74.449,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60584,
    "c": 0.20417,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.19576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E23949

secondary

#98DFD8

accent

#F1DF37

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFEE

border

#D7CAC9

text

#190B09

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E23949

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

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