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#E42E01

#e42e01 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e42e01 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 18.04% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 79.82% magenta, 99.56% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 11.89°, with 99.13% saturation and 44.9% 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. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.69:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 4.77.

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Web safe#cc3300
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Relative luminance0.1845

Complementary

  1. #e42e01
  2. #01b7e4

Split complementary

  1. #e42e01
  2. #01e49f
  3. #0146e4

Analogous

  1. #e40146
  2. #e42e01
  3. #e49f01

Triadic

  1. #e42e01
  2. #01e42e
  3. #2e01e4

Tetradic

  1. #e42e01
  2. #b7e401
  3. #01b7e4
  4. #2e01e4

Square

  1. #e42e01
  2. #46e401
  3. #01b7e4
  4. #9f01e4

Monochromatic

  1. #4c0f00
  2. #981f01
  3. #e42e01
  4. #fe5c33
  5. #fe9980

Shades

#e42e01 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e42e01
  2. #cd2901
  3. #b62501
  4. #a02001
  5. #891c01
  6. #721701
  7. #5b1200
  8. #440e00
  9. #2e0900
  10. #170500
  11. #000000

Tints

#e42e01 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e42e01
  2. #e7431a
  3. #e95834
  4. #ec6d4d
  5. #ef8267
  6. #f29780
  7. #f4ab99
  8. #f7c0b3
  9. #fad5cc
  10. #fceae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e42e01 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e42e01
  2. #da360e
  3. #d03e1a
  4. #c64727
  5. #bc4f34
  6. #b25741
  7. #a85f4d
  8. #9e675a
  9. #947067
  10. #8a7873
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae625e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6b5d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #978500 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fc0029 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a94e00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bb6d00 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3001f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e42e01 {
  color: #e42e01;
}
Background
.bg-e42e01 {
  background-color: #e42e01;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e42e01 {
  border: 2px solid #e42e01;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e42e01;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 46 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 99% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e42e01 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e42e01, #e49f01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e42e01 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 46 1 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 4.77 #ff0000 Red ΔE 4.78 #cb410b Sinopia ΔE 4.81 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 5.05 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 5.18 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.52 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 6.17 #1bd1fe Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#e42e01  rgb(228, 46, 1)  hsl(12, 99%, 45%)  Candy Apple Red
#01b7e4  rgb(1, 183, 228)  hsl(192, 99%, 45%)  Deep Sky Blue
#01e42e  rgb(1, 228, 46)  hsl(132, 99%, 45%)  Malachite
#2e01e4  rgb(46, 1, 228)  hsl(252, 99%, 45%)  Blue