#E53B3D#E53B3D

#E53B3D is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.206 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E53B3D
RGB	rgb(229, 59, 61)
HSL	hsl(359, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(359, 74%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 73.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, 64.41, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 75.38, 31.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% 0.1867 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.206 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7234, 20.1283, 6.4708)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E53B3D #3BE5E3

analogous

#E53B92 #E53B3D #E58E3B

triadic

#E53B3D #3DE53B #3B3DE5

tetradic

#E53B3D #92E53B #3BE5E3 #8E3BE5

square

#E53B3D #92E53B #3BE5E3 #8E3BE5

split-complementary

#E53B3D #3BE58E #3B92E5

monochromatic

#921315 #C81B1D #E53B3D #EC7172 #F3A7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#E53B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#E53B3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E53B3D

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E53B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E53B3D	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E643B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC003E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e53b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 59, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.206 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f77e73',
    500: '#e53b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e53b3d;
$custom-light: #f77e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e53b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.294,
    "s": 76.577,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61094,
    "c": 0.20647,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E53B3D

secondary

#9BE1E0

accent

#F3F135

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#190B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E53B3D

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

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