#E23C31#E23C31

#E23C31 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.204 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E23C31
RGB	rgb(226, 60, 49)
HSL	hsl(4, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, 62.75, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 77.19, 35.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.1794 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.204 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5383, 19.6275, 4.9277)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E23C31 #31D7E2

analogous

#E2317F #E23C31 #E29531

triadic

#E23C31 #31E23C #3C31E2

tetradic

#E23C31 #7FE231 #31D7E2 #9531E2

square

#E23C31 #7FE231 #31D7E2 #9531E2

split-complementary

#E23C31 #31E295 #317FE2

monochromatic

#861A13 #BB241A #E23C31 #EA6F67 #F1A29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#E23C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#E23C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E23C31

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E23C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E23C31	1.00	4.26	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.26	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)

#6E632E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97882A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e23c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 60, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.204 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f57e6a',
    500: '#e23c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e23c31;
$custom-light: #f57e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e23c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.729,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60528,
    "c": 0.20432,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E23C31

secondary

#92D8DD

accent

#E6F236

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#190B06

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E23C31

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

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