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#E52F4E

#e52f4e ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e52f4e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.8% red, 18.43% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 79.48% magenta, 65.94% yellow and 10.2% black. Its hue angle is 349.78°, with 77.78% saturation and 54.12% 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 4.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 0.99.

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Relative luminance0.1924

Complementary

  1. #e52f4e
  2. #2fe5c6

Split complementary

  1. #e52f4e
  2. #2fe56b
  3. #2fa9e5

Analogous

  1. #e52fa9
  2. #e52f4e
  3. #e56b2f

Triadic

  1. #e52f4e
  2. #4ee52f
  3. #2f4ee5

Tetradic

  1. #e52f4e
  2. #e5c62f
  3. #2fe5c6
  4. #2f4ee5

Square

  1. #e52f4e
  2. #a9e52f
  3. #2fe5c6
  4. #6b2fe5

Monochromatic

  1. #6d0e1e
  2. #b11631
  3. #e52f4e
  4. #ee7388
  5. #f6b7c2

Shades

#e52f4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e52f4e
  2. #ce2a46
  3. #b7263e
  4. #a02137
  5. #891c2f
  6. #731827
  7. #5c131f
  8. #450e17
  9. #2e0910
  10. #170508
  11. #000000

Tints

#e52f4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e52f4e
  2. #e84460
  3. #ea5971
  4. #ed6d83
  5. #ef8295
  6. #f297a7
  7. #f5acb8
  8. #f7c1ca
  9. #fad5dc
  10. #fceaed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e52f4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e52f4e
  2. #db3753
  3. #d13f58
  4. #c7475d
  5. #bd4f62
  6. #b35867
  7. #a8606c
  8. #9e6871
  9. #947076
  10. #8a787b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #af646b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #66614e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #948749 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fb003d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8514e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ba6e4b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f30044 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e52f4e {
  color: #e52f4e;
}
Background
.bg-e52f4e {
  background-color: #e52f4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e52f4e {
  border: 2px solid #e52f4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e52f4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 229 47 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 350 78% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e52f4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e52f4e, #e56b2f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e52f4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(229 47 78 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 0.99 #ff004f Folly ΔE 4.10 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 4.54 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 4.76 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 6.37 #e30b5c Raspberry ΔE 6.51 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 6.85 #1ad0b1 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Amaranth
#e52f4e  rgb(229, 47, 78)  hsl(350, 78%, 54%)  Amaranth
#2fe5c6  rgb(47, 229, 198)  hsl(170, 78%, 54%)  Turquoise
#4ee52f  rgb(78, 229, 47)  hsl(110, 78%, 54%)  Malachite
#2f4ee5  rgb(47, 78, 229)  hsl(230, 78%, 54%)  Iris