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#E6284E

#e6284e ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e6284e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 15.69% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 82.61% magenta, 66.09% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 348°, with 79.17% saturation and 52.94% 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 4.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 0.46.

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Relative luminance0.1889

Complementary

  1. #e6284e
  2. #28e6c0

Split complementary

  1. #e6284e
  2. #28e661
  3. #28ade6

Analogous

  1. #e628ad
  2. #e6284e
  3. #e66128

Triadic

  1. #e6284e
  2. #4ee628
  3. #284ee6

Tetradic

  1. #e6284e
  2. #e6c028
  3. #28e6c0
  4. #284ee6

Square

  1. #e6284e
  2. #ade628
  3. #28e6c0
  4. #6128e6

Monochromatic

  1. #690c1f
  2. #ad1433
  3. #e6284e
  4. #ee6d86
  5. #f6b1bf

Shades

#e6284e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6284e
  2. #cf2446
  3. #b8203e
  4. #a11c37
  5. #8a182f
  6. #731427
  7. #5c101f
  8. #450c17
  9. #2e0810
  10. #170408
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6284e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6284e
  2. #e93e60
  3. #eb5371
  4. #ee6983
  5. #f07e95
  6. #f394a7
  7. #f5a9b8
  8. #f8bfca
  9. #fad4dc
  10. #fdeaed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6284e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6284e
  2. #dc3153
  3. #d23a58
  4. #c7425d
  5. #bd4b62
  6. #b35467
  7. #a95d6c
  8. #9f6671
  9. #946e76
  10. #8a777b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #af626a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #645f4e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #938648 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd0039 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a84f4e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ba6d4b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f40043 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6284e {
  color: #e6284e;
}
Background
.bg-e6284e {
  background-color: #e6284e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6284e {
  border: 2px solid #e6284e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6284e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 40 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 348 79% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6284e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6284e, #e66128);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6284e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 40 78 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 0.46 #ff004f Folly ΔE 4.12 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 4.45 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 4.75 #e30b5c Raspberry ΔE 5.83 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 5.91 #e0115f Ruby ΔE 6.80 #19d7b1 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Amaranth
#e6284e  rgb(230, 40, 78)  hsl(348, 79%, 53%)  Amaranth
#28e6c0  rgb(40, 230, 192)  hsl(168, 79%, 53%)  Turquoise
#4ee628  rgb(78, 230, 40)  hsl(108, 79%, 53%)  Neon Green
#284ee6  rgb(40, 78, 230)  hsl(228, 79%, 53%)  Iris