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#E7300A

#e7300a ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e7300a is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 18.82% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 79.22% magenta, 95.67% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 10.32°, with 91.7% saturation and 47.25% 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 4.82:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 3.96.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.1912

Complementary

  1. #e7300a
  2. #0ac1e7

Split complementary

  1. #e7300a
  2. #0ae79e
  3. #0a52e7

Analogous

  1. #e70a52
  2. #e7300a
  3. #e79e0a

Triadic

  1. #e7300a
  2. #0ae730
  3. #300ae7

Tetradic

  1. #e7300a
  2. #c1e70a
  3. #0ac1e7
  4. #300ae7

Square

  1. #e7300a
  2. #52e70a
  3. #0ac1e7
  4. #9e0ae7

Monochromatic

  1. #541204
  2. #9e2107
  3. #e7300a
  4. #f76546
  5. #faa290

Shades

#e7300a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e7300a
  2. #d02b09
  3. #b92608
  4. #a22207
  5. #8b1d06
  6. #741805
  7. #5c1304
  8. #450e03
  9. #2e0a02
  10. #170501
  11. #000000

Tints

#e7300a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e7300a
  2. #e94523
  3. #ec593b
  4. #ee6e54
  5. #f1836c
  6. #f39885
  7. #f5ac9d
  8. #f8c1b6
  9. #fad6ce
  10. #fdeae7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e7300a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e7300a
  2. #dd3816
  3. #d24022
  4. #c8482d
  5. #be5039
  6. #b45845
  7. #a96051
  8. #9f685d
  9. #957068
  10. #8a7874
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.35:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b06460 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6d5f00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #998700 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff002c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac5001 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bd6f00 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f60022 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e7300a {
  color: #e7300a;
}
Background
.bg-e7300a {
  background-color: #e7300a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e7300a {
  border: 2px solid #e7300a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e7300a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 48 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 10 92% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e7300a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e7300a, #e79e0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e7300a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 48 10 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.96 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.98 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 4.27 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.43 #e62020 Lust ΔE 4.95 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 5.54 #cb410b Sinopia ΔE 5.58 #18cff5 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#e7300a  rgb(231, 48, 10)  hsl(10, 92%, 47%)  Candy Apple Red
#0ac1e7  rgb(10, 193, 231)  hsl(190, 92%, 47%)  Deep Sky Blue
#0ae730  rgb(10, 231, 48)  hsl(130, 92%, 47%)  Malachite
#300ae7  rgb(48, 10, 231)  hsl(250, 92%, 47%)  Blue