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#E72453

#e72453 ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e72453 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 14.12% green and 32.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 84.42% magenta, 64.07% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 345.54°, with 80.25% saturation and 52.35% 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 4.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 1.26.

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Relative luminance0.1888

Complementary

  1. #e72453
  2. #24e7b8

Split complementary

  1. #e72453
  2. #24e756
  3. #24b4e7

Analogous

  1. #e724b4
  2. #e72453
  3. #e75624

Triadic

  1. #e72453
  2. #53e724
  3. #2453e7

Tetradic

  1. #e72453
  2. #e7b824
  3. #24e7b8
  4. #2453e7

Square

  1. #e72453
  2. #b4e724
  3. #24e7b8
  4. #5624e7

Monochromatic

  1. #670b21
  2. #ac1338
  3. #e72453
  4. #ef6989
  5. #f6aebf

Shades

#e72453 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e72453
  2. #d0204b
  3. #b91d42
  4. #a2193a
  5. #8b1632
  6. #74122a
  7. #5c0e21
  8. #450b19
  9. #2e0711
  10. #170408
  11. #000000

Tints

#e72453 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e72453
  2. #e93a64
  3. #ec5075
  4. #ee6687
  5. #f17c98
  6. #f392a9
  7. #f5a7ba
  8. #f8bdcb
  9. #fad3dd
  10. #fde9ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e72453 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e72453
  2. #dd2d58
  3. #d2365c
  4. #c84061
  5. #be4965
  6. #b4526a
  7. #a95b6e
  8. #9f6473
  9. #956e77
  10. #8a777c
  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 #b0616b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #625f53 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #92864d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd003a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a84e53 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ba6c50 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f50045 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e72453 {
  color: #e72453;
}
Background
.bg-e72453 {
  background-color: #e72453;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e72453 {
  border: 2px solid #e72453;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e72453;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 36 83;
  --color-primary-hsl: 346 80% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e72453 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e72453, #e75624);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e72453 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 36 83 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 1.26 #e30b5c Raspberry ΔE 4.36 #ff004f Folly ΔE 4.45 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 4.48 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 4.77 #e0115f Ruby ΔE 5.34 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 5.53 #18dbac Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Amaranth
#e72453  rgb(231, 36, 83)  hsl(346, 80%, 52%)  Amaranth
#24e7b8  rgb(36, 231, 184)  hsl(166, 80%, 52%)  Caribbean Green
#53e724  rgb(83, 231, 36)  hsl(106, 80%, 52%)  Neon Green
#2453e7  rgb(36, 83, 231)  hsl(226, 80%, 52%)  Iris