#E33E38#E33E38

#E33E38 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.203 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E33E38
RGB	rgb(227, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, 62.62, 41.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 75.27, 33.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.1803 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.203 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1190, 20.0669, 5.8174)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E33E38 #38DDE3

analogous

#E33888 #E33E38 #E39338

triadic

#E33E38 #38E33E #3E38E3

tetradic

#E33E38 #88E338 #38DDE3 #9338E3

square

#E33E38 #88E338 #38DDE3 #9338E3

split-complementary

#E33E38 #38E393 #3888E3

monochromatic

#8D1814 #C2211B #E33E38 #EB726E #F2A6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#E33E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#E33E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E33E38

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E33E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E33E38	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA003F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e33e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.203 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f57f6f',
    500: '#e33e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e33e38;
$custom-light: #f57f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e33e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.105,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60957,
    "c": 0.20273,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E33E38

secondary

#98DDDF

accent

#EBF236

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#190B07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E33E38

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

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