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#E52051

#e52051 ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e52051 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 12.55% green and 31.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 86.03% magenta, 64.63% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 345.08°, with 79.12% saturation and 51.18% 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 4.66:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 1.44.

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Web safe#cc3366
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Relative luminance0.1829

Complementary

  1. #e52051
  2. #20e5b4

Split complementary

  1. #e52051
  2. #20e552
  3. #20b3e5

Analogous

  1. #e520b3
  2. #e52051
  3. #e55220

Triadic

  1. #e52051
  2. #51e520
  3. #2051e5

Tetradic

  1. #e52051
  2. #e5b420
  3. #20e5b4
  4. #2051e5

Square

  1. #e52051
  2. #b3e520
  3. #20e5b4
  4. #5220e5

Monochromatic

  1. #610b21
  2. #a51338
  3. #e52051
  4. #ed6586
  5. #f5a9bc

Shades

#e52051 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e52051
  2. #ce1d49
  3. #b71a41
  4. #a01639
  5. #891331
  6. #731029
  7. #5c0d20
  8. #450a18
  9. #2e0610
  10. #170308
  11. #000000

Tints

#e52051 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e52051
  2. #e83662
  3. #ea4d74
  4. #ed6385
  5. #ef7997
  6. #f290a8
  7. #f5a6b9
  8. #f7bccb
  9. #fad2dc
  10. #fce9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e52051 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e52051
  2. #db2a56
  3. #d1335a
  4. #c73d5f
  5. #bd4664
  6. #b35069
  7. #a85a6d
  8. #9e6372
  9. #946d77
  10. #8a767b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae5f69 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #605d51 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #91854b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fb0037 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a74c51 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b96b4e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f30043 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e52051 {
  color: #e52051;
}
Background
.bg-e52051 {
  background-color: #e52051;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e52051 {
  border: 2px solid #e52051;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e52051;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 32 81;
  --color-primary-hsl: 345 79% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e52051 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e52051, #e55220);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e52051 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 32 81 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 1.44 #e30b5c Raspberry ΔE 4.19 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 4.54 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 4.58 #ff004f Folly ΔE 4.94 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 5.04 #e0115f Ruby ΔE 5.17 #1adfae Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Amaranth
#e52051  rgb(229, 32, 81)  hsl(345, 79%, 51%)  Amaranth
#20e5b4  rgb(32, 229, 180)  hsl(165, 79%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#51e520  rgb(81, 229, 32)  hsl(105, 79%, 51%)  Neon Green
#2051e5  rgb(32, 81, 229)  hsl(225, 79%, 51%)  Iris