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#E6624D

#e6624d ≈ Terra Cotta

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e6624d is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 38.43% green and 30.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 57.39% magenta, 66.52% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 8.24°, with 75.37% saturation and 60.2% 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 6.22:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Terra Cotta (#e2725b), ΔE 3.6.

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Web safe#ff6666
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Relative luminance0.2609

Complementary

  1. #e6624d
  2. #4dd1e6

Split complementary

  1. #e6624d
  2. #4de6af
  3. #4d84e6

Analogous

  1. #e64d84
  2. #e6624d
  3. #e6af4d

Triadic

  1. #e6624d
  2. #4de662
  3. #624de6

Tetradic

  1. #e6624d
  2. #d1e64d
  3. #4dd1e6
  4. #624de6

Square

  1. #e6624d
  2. #84e64d
  3. #4dd1e6
  4. #af4de6

Monochromatic

  1. #872313
  2. #ca341c
  3. #e6624d
  4. #ef9d90
  5. #f9d8d3

Shades

#e6624d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e6624d
  2. #cf5845
  3. #b84e3e
  4. #a14536
  5. #8a3b2e
  6. #733127
  7. #5c271f
  8. #451d17
  9. #2e140f
  10. #170a08
  11. #000000

Tints

#e6624d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e6624d
  2. #e9725f
  3. #eb8171
  4. #ee9182
  5. #f0a194
  6. #f3b1a6
  7. #f5c0b8
  8. #f8d0ca
  9. #fae0db
  10. #fdefed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e6624d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e6624d
  2. #dc6552
  3. #d26857
  4. #c76b5c
  5. #bd6e61
  6. #b37167
  7. #a9746c
  8. #9f7771
  9. #947a76
  10. #8a7d7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.22:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b77d78 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #857a4a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6974a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fc475e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4714b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c3854b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f35357 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e6624d {
  color: #e6624d;
}
Background
.bg-e6624d {
  background-color: #e6624d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e6624d {
  border: 2px solid #e6624d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e6624d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 98 77;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 75% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e6624d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e6624d, #e6af4d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e6624d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 98 77 / 0.35);
}

#e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 3.60 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 4.77 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 5.41 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 5.65 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 6.15 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 6.33 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 6.33 #199db2 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Terra Cotta
#e6624d  rgb(230, 98, 77)  hsl(8, 75%, 60%)  Terra Cotta
#4dd1e6  rgb(77, 209, 230)  hsl(188, 75%, 60%)  Dark Turquoise
#4de662  rgb(77, 230, 98)  hsl(128, 75%, 60%)  Malachite
#624de6  rgb(98, 77, 230)  hsl(248, 75%, 60%)  Majorelle Blue