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#E23D4E

#e23d4e ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e23d4e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 88.63% red, 23.92% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 73.01% magenta, 65.49% yellow and 11.37% black. Its hue angle is 353.82°, with 73.99% saturation and 56.27% 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 5.01:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 2.94.

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Web safe#cc3366
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Relative luminance0.2006

Complementary

  1. #e23d4e
  2. #3de2d1

Split complementary

  1. #e23d4e
  2. #3de27e
  3. #3da0e2

Analogous

  1. #e23da0
  2. #e23d4e
  3. #e27e3d

Triadic

  1. #e23d4e
  2. #4ee23d
  3. #3d4ee2

Tetradic

  1. #e23d4e
  2. #e2d13d
  3. #3de2d1
  4. #3d4ee2

Square

  1. #e23d4e
  2. #a0e23d
  3. #3de2d1
  4. #7e3de2

Monochromatic

  1. #75111c
  2. #b71b2b
  3. #e23d4e
  4. #ec808b
  5. #f6c2c7

Shades

#e23d4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e23d4e
  2. #cb3746
  3. #b5313e
  4. #9e2b37
  5. #88252f
  6. #711f27
  7. #5a181f
  8. #441217
  9. #2d0c10
  10. #170608
  11. #000000

Tints

#e23d4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e23d4e
  2. #e55060
  3. #e86471
  4. #eb7783
  5. #ee8b95
  6. #f19ea7
  7. #f3b1b8
  8. #f6c5ca
  9. #f9d8dc
  10. #fceced
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e23d4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e23d4e
  2. #d84453
  3. #ce4a58
  4. #c5515d
  5. #bb5862
  6. #b15f67
  7. #a7656c
  8. #9d6c71
  9. #947376
  10. #8a797b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae686c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6c654d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #958849 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f80045 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8584e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9724b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ef2249 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e23d4e {
  color: #e23d4e;
}
Background
.bg-e23d4e {
  background-color: #e23d4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e23d4e {
  border: 2px solid #e23d4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e23d4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 226 61 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 354 74% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e23d4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e23d4e, #e27e3d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e23d4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(226 61 78 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 2.94 #ff004f Folly ΔE 4.81 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 5.24 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 5.27 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 5.69 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 6.41 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 6.74 #1dc2b1 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Amaranth
#e23d4e  rgb(226, 61, 78)  hsl(354, 74%, 56%)  Amaranth
#3de2d1  rgb(61, 226, 209)  hsl(174, 74%, 56%)  Turquoise
#4ee23d  rgb(78, 226, 61)  hsl(114, 74%, 56%)  Malachite
#3d4ee2  rgb(61, 78, 226)  hsl(234, 74%, 56%)  Iris