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#DD052D

#dd052d ≈ Fire Engine Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#dd052d is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 86.67% red, 1.96% green and 17.65% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 97.74% magenta, 79.64% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 348.89°, with 95.58% saturation and 44.31% 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 call-to-action buttons. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.08:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Fire Engine Red (#ce2029), ΔE 2.9.

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Web safe#cc0033
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Relative luminance0.1567

Complementary

  1. #dd052d
  2. #05ddb5

Split complementary

  1. #dd052d
  2. #05dd49
  3. #0599dd

Analogous

  1. #dd0599
  2. #dd052d
  3. #dd4905

Triadic

  1. #dd052d
  2. #2ddd05
  3. #052ddd

Tetradic

  1. #dd052d
  2. #ddb505
  3. #05ddb5
  4. #052ddd

Square

  1. #dd052d
  2. #99dd05
  3. #05ddb5
  4. #4905dd

Monochromatic

  1. #47020f
  2. #92031e
  3. #dd052d
  4. #fa3459
  5. #fc7f96

Shades

#dd052d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #dd052d
  2. #c70529
  3. #b10424
  4. #9b0420
  5. #85031b
  6. #6f0317
  7. #580212
  8. #42020e
  9. #2c0109
  10. #160105
  11. #000000

Tints

#dd052d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #dd052d
  2. #e01e42
  3. #e43757
  4. #e7506c
  5. #eb6981
  6. #ee8296
  7. #f19bab
  8. #f5b4c0
  9. #f8cdd5
  10. #fce6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#dd052d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #dd052d
  2. #d41135
  3. #ca1e3e
  4. #c12a46
  5. #b8364e
  6. #af4357
  7. #a54f5f
  8. #9c5b67
  9. #93676f
  10. #897478
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6e6e6e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6575b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5c532c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c7d23 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f4001d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0412c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b26327 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #eb0024 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-dd052d {
  color: #dd052d;
}
Background
.bg-dd052d {
  background-color: #dd052d;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-dd052d {
  border: 2px solid #dd052d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #dd052d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 221 5 45;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 96% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-dd052d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #dd052d, #dd4905);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-dd052d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(221 5 45 / 0.35);
}

#ce2029 Fire Engine Red ΔE 2.90 #e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 3.03 #cc3333 Persian Red ΔE 3.38 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 3.54 #cf1020 Lava ΔE 3.82 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.52 #c41e3a Cardinal ΔE 6.20 #22fad2 Inverted #6e6e6e Grayscale 

Fire Engine Red
#dd052d  rgb(221, 5, 45)  hsl(349, 96%, 44%)  Fire Engine Red
#05ddb5  rgb(5, 221, 181)  hsl(169, 96%, 44%)  Caribbean Green
#2ddd05  rgb(45, 221, 5)  hsl(109, 96%, 44%)  Lime Green
#052ddd  rgb(5, 45, 221)  hsl(229, 96%, 44%)  Persian Blue