#E23E27#E23E27

#E23E27 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.204 H 31.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E23E27
RGB	rgb(226, 62, 39)
HSL	hsl(7, 76%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(7, 83%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 82.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, 61.78, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 79.58, 39.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% 0.1746 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.204 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4569, 19.7657, 3.9726)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E23E27 #27CBE2

analogous

#E2276D #E23E27 #E29C27

triadic

#E23E27 #27E23E #3E27E2

tetradic

#E23E27 #6DE227 #27CBE2 #9C27E2

square

#E23E27 #6DE227 #27CBE2 #9C27E2

split-complementary

#E23E27 #27E29C #276DE2

monochromatic

#7E1E11 #B42B18 #E23E27 #E96E5D #F09E93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#E23E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#E23E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E23E27

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E23E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E23E27	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98881E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9003B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e23e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 62, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.204 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f57e64',
    500: '#e23e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e23e27;
$custom-light: #f57e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e23e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.38,
    "s": 76.327,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60619,
    "c": 0.20414,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E23E27

secondary

#89D1DB

accent

#DCF335

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#190B05

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E23E27

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

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