#E23C2A#E23C2A

#E23C2A is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.205 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E23C2A
RGB	rgb(226, 60, 42)
HSL	hsl(6, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(6, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 81.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, 62.54, 48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 79.14, 37.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.1775 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.205 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4018, 19.5729, 4.2092)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E23C2A #2AD0E2

analogous

#E22A74 #E23C2A #E2982A

triadic

#E23C2A #2AE23C #3C2AE2

tetradic

#E23C2A #74E22A #2AD0E2 #982AE2

square

#E23C2A #74E22A #2AD0E2 #982AE2

split-complementary

#E23C2A #2AE298 #2A74E2

monochromatic

#801C11 #B62819 #E23C2A #E96D60 #F19F96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#E23C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#E23C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E23C2A

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E23C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E23C2A	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9003A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e23c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 60, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.205 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f57e66',
    500: '#e23c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e23c2a;
$custom-light: #f57e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e23c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.87,
    "s": 76.033,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60462,
    "c": 0.20528,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E23C2A

secondary

#8CD4DC

accent

#E0F335

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#190B06

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E23C2A

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

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