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#E00A2E

#e00a2e ≈ Cadmium Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e00a2e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 87.84% red, 3.92% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 95.54% magenta, 79.46% yellow and 12.16% black. Its hue angle is 349.91°, with 91.45% saturation and 45.88% 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 4.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cadmium Red (#e30022), ΔE 2.74.

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Web safe#cc0033
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Relative luminance0.1626

Complementary

  1. #e00a2e
  2. #0ae0bc

Split complementary

  1. #e00a2e
  2. #0ae051
  3. #0a99e0

Analogous

  1. #e00a99
  2. #e00a2e
  3. #e0510a

Triadic

  1. #e00a2e
  2. #2ee00a
  3. #0a2ee0

Tetradic

  1. #e00a2e
  2. #e0bc0a
  3. #0ae0bc
  4. #0a2ee0

Square

  1. #e00a2e
  2. #99e00a
  3. #0ae0bc
  4. #510ae0

Monochromatic

  1. #4e0310
  2. #97071f
  3. #e00a2e
  4. #f6405f
  5. #fa899c

Shades

#e00a2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e00a2e
  2. #ca0929
  3. #b30825
  4. #9d0720
  5. #86061c
  6. #700517
  7. #5a0412
  8. #43030e
  9. #2d0209
  10. #160105
  11. #000000

Tints

#e00a2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e00a2e
  2. #e32343
  3. #e63b58
  4. #e9546d
  5. #ec6c82
  6. #f08597
  7. #f39dab
  8. #f6b6c0
  9. #f9ced5
  10. #fce7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e00a2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e00a2e
  2. #d61636
  3. #cd223e
  4. #c32d47
  5. #ba394f
  6. #b04557
  7. #a6515f
  8. #9d5d67
  9. #936870
  10. #8a7478
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #707070 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a9595d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5e552c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8e7f24 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7001f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a3432d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b56428 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ee0026 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e00a2e {
  color: #e00a2e;
}
Background
.bg-e00a2e {
  background-color: #e00a2e;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-e00a2e {
  border: 2px solid #e00a2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e00a2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 224 10 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 350 91% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e00a2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e00a2e, #e0510a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e00a2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(224 10 46 / 0.35);
}

#e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 2.74 #ce2029 Fire Engine Red ΔE 3.42 #cc3333 Persian Red ΔE 3.58 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 3.64 #cf1020 Lava ΔE 4.32 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.07 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 6.34 #1ff5d1 Inverted #707070 Grayscale 

Cadmium Red
#e00a2e  rgb(224, 10, 46)  hsl(350, 91%, 46%)  Cadmium Red
#0ae0bc  rgb(10, 224, 188)  hsl(170, 91%, 46%)  Turquoise
#2ee00a  rgb(46, 224, 10)  hsl(110, 91%, 46%)  Lime Green
#0a2ee0  rgb(10, 46, 224)  hsl(230, 91%, 46%)  Blue