#E23A2C#E23A2C

#E23A2C is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.207 H 29.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E23A2C
RGB	rgb(226, 58, 44)
HSL	hsl(5, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.3%, 80.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 63.25, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 78.97, 36.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% 0.18 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.207 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3357, 19.3820, 4.3682)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E23A2C #2CD4E2

analogous

#E22C79 #E23A2C #E2952C

triadic

#E23A2C #2CE23A #3A2CE2

tetradic

#E23A2C #79E22C #2CD4E2 #952CE2

square

#E23A2C #79E22C #2CD4E2 #952CE2

split-complementary

#E23A2C #2CE295 #2C79E2

monochromatic

#821A12 #B82519 #E23A2C #E96C62 #F19E98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#E23A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#E23A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E23A2C

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E23A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E23A2C	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F90039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e23a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 58, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.207 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f57d67',
    500: '#e23a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e23a2c;
$custom-light: #f57d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e23a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 75.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60303,
    "c": 0.20654,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E23A2C

secondary

#8ED6DC

accent

#E4F235

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#190B06

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E23A2C

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

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