Palettes / Colors / #E23232

#E23232 — Red

#E23232 is a red color we call Red, closest to the named color Crimson (#DC143C). It belongs to the red family.

#E23232 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #32E2E2; it also sits naturally between #E2328A and #E28A32. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 89% · Green 20% · Blue 20%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 78% · Yellow 78% · Key 11%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #E23232

.text { color: #E23232; }
.background { background-color: #E23232; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E23232; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(226, 50, 50); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 75%, 54%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E23232; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(226, 50, 50, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E23232; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(226, 50, 50, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E23232">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E23232">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E23232

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #32E2E2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E23232: #000000.

How #E23232 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #E23232 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #E23232?

#E23232 is Red, a red color (RGB 226, 50, 50). Its closest standard named color is Crimson.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E23232?

#E23232 is RGB 226, 50, 50 — HSL 0°, 75%, 54% — CMYK 0%, 78%, 78%, 11%.

What colors go with #E23232?

Its complement is #32E2E2; analogous partners are #E2328A and #E28A32. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E23232 for text?

Black text on #E23232 has a contrast ratio of 4.74:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.43:1.