#e23e27

Color #e23e27

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Tomato #ff6347 · ΔE 11.95 Nearest Tailwind class red-600 #e7000b · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#e23e27

RGB

rgb(226, 62, 39)

HSL

hsl(7.4, 76.3%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7.4, 82.7%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 72.6%, 82.7%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(51.57, 61.78, 50.17)

LCH

lch(51.57, 79.59, 39.08)

OKLCH

oklch(60.6%, 0.2042, 31.21)

HWB

hwb(7.4, 15.3%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#27cbe2

Analogous

#e2276e

#e23e27

#e29c27

Triadic

#e23e27

#27e23e

#3e27e2

Split-complementary

#e23e27

#27e29c

#276ee2

Tetradic

#e23e27

#cbe227

#27cbe2

#3e27e2

Square

#e23e27

#6ee227

#27cbe2

#9c27e2

Shades

Color #e23e27 mixed toward black.

#c32f1a

#9c2615

#751c10

#4e130a

#270905

Tints

Color #e23e27 mixed toward white.

#e75e4b

#ec7e6f

#f09f93

#f5bfb7

#fadfdb

Tones

Color #e23e27 mixed toward gray.

#d24a37

#c35646

#b36156

#a46d65

#947975

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b22e · ΔE 49.7

Deuteranopia

#bac32f · ΔE 54.5

Tritanopia

#dd3233 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 28.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e23e27;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e23e27]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#e23e27 (#e23e27) is rgb(226, 62, 39) in RGB.

No, #e23e27 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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