#E23D40#E23D40

#E23D40 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.202 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E23D40
RGB	rgb(226, 61, 64)
HSL	hsl(359, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 62.98, 37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 73.04, 30.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% 0.1832 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.202 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9620, 19.8816, 6.8988)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E23D40 #3DE2DF

analogous

#E23D93 #E23D40 #E28D3D

triadic

#E23D40 #40E23D #3D40E2

tetradic

#E23D40 #93E23D #3DE2DF #8D3DE2

square

#E23D40 #93E23D #3DE2DF #8D3DE2

split-complementary

#E23D40 #3DE28D #3D93E2

monochromatic

#8F1518 #C41D20 #E23D40 #EA7274 #F2A7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#E23D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#E23D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E23D40

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E23D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E23D40	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97883A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F80040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e23d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 61, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.202 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f47e75',
    500: '#e23d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e23d40;
$custom-light: #f47e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e23d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.909,
    "s": 73.991,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60798,
    "c": 0.20161,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E23D40

secondary

#9BDFDE

accent

#F1ED37

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#190B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E23D40

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

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