#e23131

Color #e23131

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Crimson #dc143c · ΔE 11.64 Nearest Tailwind class red-500 #fb2c36 · ΔE 4.8

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Conversions

HEX

#e23131

RGB

rgb(226, 49, 49)

HSL

hsl(0, 75.3%, 53.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 78.3%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 78.3%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(50.21, 66.12, 43.72)

LCH

lch(50.21, 79.27, 33.47)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.2125, 26.59)

HWB

hwb(0, 19.2%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#31e2e2

Analogous

#e23189

#e23131

#e28931

Triadic

#e23131

#31e231

#3131e2

Split-complementary

#e23131

#31e289

#3189e2

Tetradic

#e23131

#e2e231

#31e2e2

#3131e2

Square

#e23131

#89e231

#31e2e2

#8931e2

Shades

Color #e23131 mixed toward black.

#c91c1c

#a11717

#781111

#500b0b

#280606

Tints

Color #e23131 mixed toward white.

#e75353

#ec7676

#f09898

#f5baba

#fadddd

Tones

Color #e23131 mixed toward gray.

#d34040

#c44e4e

#b65d5d

#a76c6c

#987b7b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.72:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b2b131 · ΔE 52.9

Deuteranopia

#b9c231 · ΔE 57.9

Tritanopia

#dd3131 · ΔE 1.1

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 28.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #e23131;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e23131]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#e23131 (#e23131) is rgb(226, 49, 49) in RGB.

No, #e23131 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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