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#E71E2E

#e71e2e ≈ Cadmium Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e71e2e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 11.76% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 87.01% magenta, 80.09% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 355.22°, with 80.72% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.62:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cadmium Red (#e30022), ΔE 2.49.

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Web safe#ff3333
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Relative luminance0.1811

Complementary

  1. #e71e2e
  2. #1ee7d7

Split complementary

  1. #e71e2e
  2. #1ee772
  3. #1e93e7

Analogous

  1. #e71e93
  2. #e71e2e
  3. #e7721e

Triadic

  1. #e71e2e
  2. #2ee71e
  3. #1e2ee7

Tetradic

  1. #e71e2e
  2. #e7d71e
  3. #1ee7d7
  4. #1e2ee7

Square

  1. #e71e2e
  2. #93e71e
  3. #1ee7d7
  4. #721ee7

Monochromatic

  1. #620a11
  2. #a7121e
  3. #e71e2e
  4. #ee636e
  5. #f6a8ae

Shades

#e71e2e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e71e2e
  2. #d01b29
  3. #b91825
  4. #a21520
  5. #8b121c
  6. #740f17
  7. #5c0c12
  8. #45090e
  9. #2e0609
  10. #170305
  11. #000000

Tints

#e71e2e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e71e2e
  2. #e93543
  3. #ec4b58
  4. #ee626d
  5. #f17882
  6. #f38f97
  7. #f5a5ab
  8. #f8bcc0
  9. #fad2d5
  10. #fde9ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e71e2e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e71e2e
  2. #dd2836
  3. #d2323e
  4. #c83b47
  5. #be454f
  6. #b44f57
  7. #a9595f
  8. #9f6367
  9. #956c70
  10. #8a7678
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.54:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #767676 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #af5f61 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #655b2c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #958524 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0028 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a94a2d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bb6a28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6002a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e71e2e {
  color: #e71e2e;
}
Background
.bg-e71e2e {
  background-color: #e71e2e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e71e2e {
  border: 2px solid #e71e2e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e71e2e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 30 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 355 81% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e71e2e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e71e2e, #e7721e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e71e2e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 30 46 / 0.35);
}

#e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 2.49 #e62020 Lust ΔE 3.20 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 4.27 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 4.40 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 4.40 #cc3333 Persian Red ΔE 4.73 #ce2029 Fire Engine Red ΔE 5.16 #18e1d1 Inverted #767676 Grayscale 

Cadmium Red
#e71e2e  rgb(231, 30, 46)  hsl(355, 81%, 51%)  Cadmium Red
#1ee7d7  rgb(30, 231, 215)  hsl(175, 81%, 51%)  Turquoise
#2ee71e  rgb(46, 231, 30)  hsl(115, 81%, 51%)  Lime
#1e2ee7  rgb(30, 46, 231)  hsl(235, 81%, 51%)  Blue