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#E52844

#e52844 ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e52844 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 15.69% green and 26.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 82.53% magenta, 70.31% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 351.11°, with 78.42% saturation and 52.75% 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 4.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 3.06.

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Relative luminance0.1859

Complementary

  1. #e52844
  2. #28e5c9

Split complementary

  1. #e52844
  2. #28e56b
  3. #28a3e5

Analogous

  1. #e528a3
  2. #e52844
  3. #e56b28

Triadic

  1. #e52844
  2. #44e528
  3. #2844e5

Tetradic

  1. #e52844
  2. #e5c928
  3. #28e5c9
  4. #2844e5

Square

  1. #e52844
  2. #a3e528
  3. #28e5c9
  4. #6b28e5

Monochromatic

  1. #680d1a
  2. #ac152b
  3. #e52844
  4. #ed6c7f
  5. #f6b1bb

Shades

#e52844 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e52844
  2. #ce243d
  3. #b72036
  4. #a01c30
  5. #891829
  6. #731422
  7. #5c101b
  8. #450c14
  9. #2e080e
  10. #170407
  11. #000000

Tints

#e52844 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e52844
  2. #e83e57
  3. #ea5369
  4. #ed697c
  5. #ef7e8f
  6. #f294a2
  7. #f5a9b4
  8. #f7bfc7
  9. #fad4da
  10. #fceaec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e52844 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e52844
  2. #db314a
  3. #d13a50
  4. #c74256
  5. #bd4b5c
  6. #b35462
  7. #a85d68
  8. #9e666e
  9. #946e74
  10. #8a777a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae6167 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #655e43 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #93853e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fc0035 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a84e44 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ba6c40 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f3003c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e52844 {
  color: #e52844;
}
Background
.bg-e52844 {
  background-color: #e52844;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e52844 {
  border: 2px solid #e52844;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e52844;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 40 68;
  --color-primary-hsl: 351 78% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e52844 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e52844, #e56b28);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e52844 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 40 68 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 3.06 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 3.17 #ff004f Folly ΔE 4.96 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 5.73 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 5.82 #cc3333 Persian Red ΔE 6.29 #e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 6.98 #1ad7bb Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Amaranth
#e52844  rgb(229, 40, 68)  hsl(351, 78%, 53%)  Amaranth
#28e5c9  rgb(40, 229, 201)  hsl(171, 78%, 53%)  Turquoise
#44e528  rgb(68, 229, 40)  hsl(111, 78%, 53%)  Neon Green
#2844e5  rgb(40, 68, 229)  hsl(231, 78%, 53%)  Iris