#E53E37#E53E37

#E53E37 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.205 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E53E37
RGB	rgb(229, 62, 55)
HSL	hsl(2, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(2, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 76%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, 63.19, 42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 76.32, 34.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% 0.1817 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.205 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7294, 20.3845, 5.7196)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E53E37 #37DEE5

analogous

#E53787 #E53E37 #E59537

triadic

#E53E37 #37E53E #3E37E5

tetradic

#E53E37 #87E537 #37DEE5 #9537E5

square

#E53E37 #87E537 #37DEE5 #9537E5

split-complementary

#E53E37 #37E595 #3787E5

monochromatic

#8F1813 #C5211A #E53E37 #EC726D #F3A7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#E53E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#E53E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E53E37

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E53E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E53E37	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC003E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e53e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 62, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.205 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f77f6f',
    500: '#e53e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e53e37;
$custom-light: #f77f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e53e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.414,
    "s": 76.991,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61286,
    "c": 0.20479,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E53E37

secondary

#98DDE0

accent

#ECF434

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEC

border

#D7CAC7

text

#190B07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E53E37

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

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