#E33838#E33838

#E33838 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.207 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E33838
RGBrgb(227, 56, 56)
HSLhsl(0, 75%, 55%)
HSVhsv(0, 75%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 75.3%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(51.21, 64.58, 41.00)
CIE-LCHlch(51.21, 76.49, 32.41°)
OKLaboklab(60.43% 0.1865 0.091)
OKLCHoklch(60.43% 0.208 26)
XYZxyz(33.8105, 19.4501, 5.7146)
Luminance0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E33838 #38E3E3
analogous
#E3388D #E33838 #E38D38
triadic
#E33838 #38E338 #3838E3
tetradic
#E33838 #8DE338 #38E3E3 #8D38E3
square
#E33838 #8DE338 #38E3E3 #8D38E3
split-complementary
#E33838 #38E38D #388DE3
monochromatic
#8D1414 #C21B1B #E33838 #EB6E6E #F2A3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30
#E33838 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89
#E33838 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E33838
4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E33838#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E338381.004.304.894.89
#FFFFFF4.301.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8921.001.001.00
##0000004.8921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6C6236
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#968731
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA003A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e33838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 56, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.207 26.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f57c6f',
    500: '#e33838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e33838;
$custom-light: #f57c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e33838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60433,
    "c": 0.2075,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.19445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E33838
secondary
#98DFDF
accent
#F2F236
background
#FFF8F6
surface
#FFEFEC
border
#D7CAC7
text
#190B07
muted
#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E33838

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#E33838 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva