#f23317

Color #f23317

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Orange Red #ff4500 · ΔE 10.48 Nearest Tailwind class red-600 #e7000b · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#f23317

RGB

rgb(242, 51, 23)

HSL

hsl(7.7, 89.4%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7.7, 90.5%, 94.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 90.5%, 5.1%)

LAB

lab(53.29, 69.55, 59.56)

LCH

lch(53.29, 91.57, 40.58)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.2283, 31.33)

HWB

hwb(7.7, 9%, 5.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#17d6f2

Analogous

#f21769

#f23317

#f2a117

Triadic

#f23317

#17f233

#3317f2

Split-complementary

#f23317

#17f2a1

#1769f2

Tetradic

#f23317

#d6f217

#17d6f2

#3317f2

Square

#f23317

#69f217

#17d6f2

#a117f2

Shades

Color #f23317 mixed toward black.

#d1250c

#a71e09

#7e1607

#540f05

#2a0702

Tints

Color #f23317 mixed toward white.

#f4553e

#f67764

#f9998b

#fbbbb2

#fdddd8

Tones

Color #f23317 mixed toward gray.

#e04129

#ce4e3c

#bb5c4e

#a96960

#977772

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bebd20 · ΔE 52.4

Deuteranopia

#c6d022 · ΔE 57.3

Tritanopia

#ed2627 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 29.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #f23317;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f23317]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Frequently asked questions

#f23317 (#f23317) is rgb(242, 51, 23) in RGB.

No, #f23317 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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