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#E12E4E

#e12e4e ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e12e4e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.24% red, 18.04% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 79.56% magenta, 65.33% yellow and 11.76% black. Its hue angle is 349.27°, with 74.9% saturation and 53.14% 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 4.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 0.84.

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Relative luminance0.1851

Complementary

  1. #e12e4e
  2. #2ee1c1

Split complementary

  1. #e12e4e
  2. #2ee167
  3. #2ea8e1

Analogous

  1. #e12ea8
  2. #e12e4e
  3. #e1672e

Triadic

  1. #e12e4e
  2. #4ee12e
  3. #2e4ee1

Tetradic

  1. #e12e4e
  2. #e1c12e
  3. #2ee1c1
  4. #2e4ee1

Square

  1. #e12e4e
  2. #a8e12e
  3. #2ee1c1
  4. #672ee1

Monochromatic

  1. #670f1f
  2. #aa1832
  3. #e12e4e
  4. #eb7187
  5. #f4b4bf

Shades

#e12e4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e12e4e
  2. #cb2946
  3. #b4253e
  4. #9e2037
  5. #871c2f
  6. #711727
  7. #5a121f
  8. #440e17
  9. #2d0910
  10. #170508
  11. #000000

Tints

#e12e4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e12e4e
  2. #e44360
  3. #e75871
  4. #ea6d83
  5. #ed8295
  6. #f097a7
  7. #f3abb8
  8. #f6c0ca
  9. #f9d5dc
  10. #fceaed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e12e4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e12e4e
  2. #d73653
  3. #ce3e58
  4. #c4475d
  5. #ba4f62
  6. #b15767
  7. #a75f6c
  8. #9d6771
  9. #937076
  10. #8a787b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ac6269 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #645f4e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #918549 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f7003c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5504e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b76c4b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ee0044 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e12e4e {
  color: #e12e4e;
}
Background
.bg-e12e4e {
  background-color: #e12e4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e12e4e {
  border: 2px solid #e12e4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e12e4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 225 46 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 75% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e12e4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e12e4e, #e1672e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e12e4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(225 46 78 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 0.84 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 4.00 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 4.13 #ff004f Folly ΔE 4.89 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 5.85 #e30b5c Raspberry ΔE 5.87 #e0115f Ruby ΔE 6.77 #1ed1b1 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Amaranth
#e12e4e  rgb(225, 46, 78)  hsl(349, 75%, 53%)  Amaranth
#2ee1c1  rgb(46, 225, 193)  hsl(169, 75%, 53%)  Turquoise
#4ee12e  rgb(78, 225, 46)  hsl(109, 75%, 53%)  Lime Green
#2e4ee1  rgb(46, 78, 225)  hsl(229, 75%, 53%)  Iris