#E23E31#E23E31

#E23E31 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.203 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E23E31
RGB	rgb(226, 62, 49)
HSL	hsl(4, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 62.07, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 76.79, 36.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.1773 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.203 29)
XYZ	xyz(33.6450, 19.8410, 4.9633)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E23E31 #31D5E2

analogous

#E2317D #E23E31 #E29731

triadic

#E23E31 #31E23E #3E31E2

tetradic

#E23E31 #7DE231 #31D5E2 #9731E2

square

#E23E31 #7DE231 #31D5E2 #9731E2

split-complementary

#E23E31 #31E297 #317DE2

monochromatic

#861B13 #BB261A #E23E31 #EA7067 #F1A39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#E23E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#E23E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E23E31

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E23E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E23E31	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F642E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9003D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e23e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 62, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.203 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f57f6b',
    500: '#e23e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e23e31;
$custom-light: #f57f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e23e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.407,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6071,
    "c": 0.20272,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.19836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E23E31

secondary

#92D8DD

accent

#E4F236

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#190B06

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E23E31

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

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