#E23F38#E23F38

#E23F38 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.201 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E23F38
RGB	rgb(226, 63, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 75.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.85, 61.97, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.85, 74.67, 33.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.1784 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.201 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8593, 20.0145, 5.8209)
Luminance	0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E23F38 #38DBE2

analogous

#E23886 #E23F38 #E29438

triadic

#E23F38 #38E23F #3F38E2

tetradic

#E23F38 #86E238 #38DBE2 #9438E2

square

#E23F38 #86E238 #38DBE2 #9438E2

split-complementary

#E23F38 #38E294 #3886E2

monochromatic

#8B1914 #C1231C #E23F38 #EA736D #F2A6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#E23F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#E23F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E23F38

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E23F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E23F38	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9003F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e23f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 63, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.201 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f47f6f',
    500: '#e23f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e23f38;
$custom-light: #f47f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e23f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.471,
    "s": 74.561,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6088,
    "c": 0.20093,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E23F38

secondary

#97DCDE

accent

#EAF137

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#190B07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E23F38

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

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