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#E71E4E

#e71e4e ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e71e4e 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 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 87.01% magenta, 66.23% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 345.67°, 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 4.69:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 0.96.

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Web safe#ff3366
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Relative luminance0.1847

Complementary

  1. #e71e4e
  2. #1ee7b7

Split complementary

  1. #e71e4e
  2. #1ee753
  3. #1eb3e7

Analogous

  1. #e71eb3
  2. #e71e4e
  3. #e7531e

Triadic

  1. #e71e4e
  2. #4ee71e
  3. #1e4ee7

Tetradic

  1. #e71e4e
  2. #e7b71e
  3. #1ee7b7
  4. #1e4ee7

Square

  1. #e71e4e
  2. #b3e71e
  3. #1ee7b7
  4. #531ee7

Monochromatic

  1. #620a1f
  2. #a71235
  3. #e71e4e
  4. #ee6384
  5. #f6a8bb

Shades

#e71e4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e71e4e
  2. #d01b46
  3. #b9183e
  4. #a21537
  5. #8b122f
  6. #740f27
  7. #5c0c1f
  8. #450917
  9. #2e0610
  10. #170308
  11. #000000

Tints

#e71e4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e71e4e
  2. #e93560
  3. #ec4b71
  4. #ee6283
  5. #f17895
  6. #f38fa7
  7. #f5a5b8
  8. #f8bcca
  9. #fad2dc
  10. #fde9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e71e4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e71e4e
  2. #dd2853
  3. #d23258
  4. #c83b5d
  5. #be4562
  6. #b44f67
  7. #a9596c
  8. #9f6371
  9. #956c76
  10. #8a767b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #af6069 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #615d4e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #928548 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fe0035 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a84b4e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ba6b4b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f50040 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e71e4e {
  color: #e71e4e;
}
Background
.bg-e71e4e {
  background-color: #e71e4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e71e4e {
  border: 2px solid #e71e4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e71e4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 30 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 346 81% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e71e4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e71e4e, #e7531e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e71e4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 30 78 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 0.96 #ff004f Folly ΔE 4.37 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 4.49 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 4.87 #e30b5c Raspberry ΔE 5.09 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 5.47 #e0115f Ruby ΔE 6.09 #18e1b1 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Amaranth
#e71e4e  rgb(231, 30, 78)  hsl(346, 81%, 51%)  Amaranth
#1ee7b7  rgb(30, 231, 183)  hsl(166, 81%, 51%)  Caribbean Green
#4ee71e  rgb(78, 231, 30)  hsl(106, 81%, 51%)  Neon Green
#1e4ee7  rgb(30, 78, 231)  hsl(226, 81%, 51%)  Iris