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#E72A19

#e72a19 ≈ Lust

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e72a19 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 16.47% green and 9.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 81.82% magenta, 89.18% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 4.95°, with 81.1% saturation and 50.2% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.74:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Lust (#e62020), ΔE 2.34.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.1872

Complementary

  1. #e72a19
  2. #19d6e7

Split complementary

  1. #e72a19
  2. #19e791
  3. #196fe7

Analogous

  1. #e7196f
  2. #e72a19
  3. #e79119

Triadic

  1. #e72a19
  2. #19e72a
  3. #2a19e7

Tetradic

  1. #e72a19
  2. #d6e719
  3. #19d6e7
  4. #2a19e7

Square

  1. #e72a19
  2. #6fe719
  3. #19d6e7
  4. #9119e7

Monochromatic

  1. #5d110a
  2. #a31d11
  3. #e72a19
  4. #ee6a5e
  5. #f5aaa4

Shades

#e72a19 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e72a19
  2. #d02617
  3. #b92214
  4. #a21d12
  5. #8b190f
  6. #74150d
  7. #5c110a
  8. #450d08
  9. #2e0805
  10. #170403
  11. #000000

Tints

#e72a19 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e72a19
  2. #e93f30
  3. #ec5547
  4. #ee6a5e
  5. #f17f75
  6. #f3958c
  7. #f5aaa3
  8. #f8bfba
  9. #fad4d1
  10. #fdeae8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e72a19 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e72a19
  2. #dd3323
  3. #d23b2e
  4. #c84438
  5. #be4c42
  6. #b4554d
  7. #a95e57
  8. #9f6661
  9. #956f6b
  10. #8a7776
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b06260 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a5d12 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #978603 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff002a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ab4e15 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bd6d0e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f60024 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e72a19 {
  color: #e72a19;
}
Background
.bg-e72a19 {
  background-color: #e72a19;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e72a19 {
  border: 2px solid #e72a19;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e72a19;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 42 25;
  --color-primary-hsl: 5 81% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e72a19 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e72a19, #e79119);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e72a19 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 42 25 / 0.35);
}

#e62020 Lust ΔE 2.34 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 4.11 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 4.11 #ff0000 Red ΔE 4.21 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 4.33 #e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 5.02 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 5.30 #18d5e6 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Lust
#e72a19  rgb(231, 42, 25)  hsl(5, 81%, 50%)  Lust
#19d6e7  rgb(25, 214, 231)  hsl(185, 81%, 50%)  Dark Turquoise
#19e72a  rgb(25, 231, 42)  hsl(125, 81%, 50%)  Malachite
#2a19e7  rgb(42, 25, 231)  hsl(245, 81%, 50%)  Blue