#E23E39#E23E39

#E23E39 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.202 H 26.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E23E39
RGB	rgb(226, 62, 57)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 74.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 62.36, 40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 74.61, 33.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% 0.1798 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.202 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8291, 19.9146, 5.9327)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E23E39 #39DDE2

analogous

#E23988 #E23E39 #E29239

triadic

#E23E39 #39E23E #3E39E2

tetradic

#E23E39 #88E239 #39DDE2 #9239E2

square

#E23E39 #88E239 #39DDE2 #9239E2

split-complementary

#E23E39 #39E292 #3988E2

monochromatic

#8C1815 #C1211C #E23E39 #EA726E #F2A6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#E23E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#E23E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E23E39

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E23E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E23E39	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)

#6F6537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9003F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e23e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 62, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.202 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f47f70',
    500: '#e23e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e23e39;
$custom-light: #f47f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e23e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.775,
    "s": 74.449,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60799,
    "c": 0.20162,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E23E39

secondary

#98DDDF

accent

#ECF137

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#190B07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E23E39

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

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