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#DC4840

#dc4840 ≈ Cinnabar

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#dc4840 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.27% red, 28.24% green and 25.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 67.27% magenta, 70.91% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 3.08°, with 69.03% saturation and 55.69% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cinnabar (#e34234), ΔE 2.7.

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Web safe#cc3333
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Relative luminance0.2022

Complementary

  1. #dc4840
  2. #40d4dc

Split complementary

  1. #dc4840
  2. #40dc96
  3. #4086dc

Analogous

  1. #dc4086
  2. #dc4840
  3. #dc9640

Triadic

  1. #dc4840
  2. #40dc48
  3. #4840dc

Tetradic

  1. #dc4840
  2. #d4dc40
  3. #40d4dc
  4. #4840dc

Square

  1. #dc4840
  2. #86dc40
  3. #40d4dc
  4. #9640dc

Monochromatic

  1. #6f1914
  2. #af2720
  3. #dc4840
  4. #e88681
  5. #f4c4c1

Shades

#dc4840 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dc4840
  2. #c6413a
  3. #b03a33
  4. #9a322d
  5. #842b26
  6. #6e2420
  7. #581d1a
  8. #421613
  9. #2c0e0d
  10. #160706
  11. #000000

Tints

#dc4840 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dc4840
  2. #e05a53
  3. #e36d66
  4. #e77f79
  5. #ea918c
  6. #eea4a0
  7. #f1b6b3
  8. #f5c8c6
  9. #f8dad9
  10. #fcedec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dc4840 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dc4840
  2. #d34e46
  3. #ca534d
  4. #c05953
  5. #b75e5a
  6. #ae6460
  7. #a56a66
  8. #9c6f6d
  9. #927573
  10. #897a7a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.16:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ab6b69 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #72683e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96883b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f21c47 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a75d3f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6743d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e93345 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dc4840 {
  color: #dc4840;
}
Background
.bg-dc4840 {
  background-color: #dc4840;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-dc4840 {
  border: 2px solid #dc4840;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dc4840;
  --color-primary-rgb: 220 72 64;
  --color-primary-hsl: 3 69% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dc4840 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dc4840, #dc9640);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dc4840 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(220 72 64 / 0.35);
}

#e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 2.70 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 2.70 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.59 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 5.69 #cc3333 Persian Red ΔE 5.88 #e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 6.42 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 6.52 #23b7bf Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Cinnabar
#dc4840  rgb(220, 72, 64)  hsl(3, 69%, 56%)  Cinnabar
#40d4dc  rgb(64, 212, 220)  hsl(183, 69%, 56%)  Dark Turquoise
#40dc48  rgb(64, 220, 72)  hsl(123, 69%, 56%)  Malachite
#4840dc  rgb(72, 64, 220)  hsl(243, 69%, 56%)  Iris