#E23B2A#E23B2A

#E23B2A is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.206 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E23B2A
RGB	rgb(226, 59, 42)
HSL	hsl(6, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 81.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 62.87, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 79.33, 37.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1785 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.206 30)
XYZ	xyz(33.3500, 19.4691, 4.1920)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E23B2A #2AD1E2

analogous

#E22A75 #E23B2A #E2972A

triadic

#E23B2A #2AE23B #3B2AE2

tetradic

#E23B2A #75E22A #2AD1E2 #972AE2

square

#E23B2A #75E22A #2AD1E2 #972AE2

split-complementary

#E23B2A #2AE297 #2A75E2

monochromatic

#801C11 #B62719 #E23B2A #E96D60 #F19E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#E23B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#E23B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E23B2A

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E23B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E23B2A	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F90039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e23b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 59, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.206 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f57d66',
    500: '#e23b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e23b2a;
$custom-light: #f57d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e23b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.543,
    "s": 76.033,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60373,
    "c": 0.20605,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.19464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E23B2A

secondary

#8CD4DC

accent

#E1F335

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#190B06

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E23B2A

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

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