#E53E3D#E53E3D

#E53E3D is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.204 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E53E3D
RGB	rgb(229, 62, 61)
HSL	hsl(0, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 73.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, 63.42, 39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 74.75, 31.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% 0.1836 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.204 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8820, 20.4455, 6.5237)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E53E3D #3DE4E5

analogous

#E53D90 #E53E3D #E5923D

triadic

#E53E3D #3DE53E #3E3DE5

tetradic

#E53E3D #90E53D #3DE4E5 #923DE5

square

#E53E3D #90E53D #3DE4E5 #923DE5

split-complementary

#E53E3D #3DE592 #3D90E5

monochromatic

#941514 #CA1C1B #E53E3D #EC7473 #F3A9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#E53E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#E53E3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E53E3D

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E53E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E53E3D	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F663B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC0040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e53e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 62, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.204 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f67f73',
    500: '#e53e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e53e3d;
$custom-light: #f67f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e53e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.357,
    "s": 76.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61358,
    "c": 0.20403,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E53E3D

secondary

#9DE1E1

accent

#F2F335

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#190B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E53E3D

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

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