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#E73205

#e73205 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e73205 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 19.61% green and 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 78.35% magenta, 97.84% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 11.95°, with 95.76% saturation and 46.27% 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 4.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 4.16.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.1928

Complementary

  1. #e73205
  2. #05bae7

Split complementary

  1. #e73205
  2. #05e7a3
  3. #0549e7

Analogous

  1. #e70549
  2. #e73205
  3. #e7a305

Triadic

  1. #e73205
  2. #05e732
  3. #3205e7

Tetradic

  1. #e73205
  2. #bae705
  3. #05bae7
  4. #3205e7

Square

  1. #e73205
  2. #49e705
  3. #05bae7
  4. #a305e7

Monochromatic

  1. #511202
  2. #9c2203
  3. #e73205
  4. #fb633e
  5. #fca089

Shades

#e73205 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e73205
  2. #d02d05
  3. #b92804
  4. #a22304
  5. #8b1e03
  6. #741903
  7. #5c1402
  8. #450f02
  9. #2e0a01
  10. #170501
  11. #000000

Tints

#e73205 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e73205
  2. #e9471e
  3. #ec5b37
  4. #ee7050
  5. #f18469
  6. #f39982
  7. #f5ad9b
  8. #f8c2b4
  9. #fad6cd
  10. #fdebe6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e73205 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e73205
  2. #dd3a11
  3. #d2421e
  4. #c8492a
  5. #be5136
  6. #b45943
  7. #a9614f
  8. #9f695b
  9. #957067
  10. #8a7874
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.86:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b06460 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e6000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #998800 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff002d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac5100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #be6f00 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f60022 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e73205 {
  color: #e73205;
}
Background
.bg-e73205 {
  background-color: #e73205;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e73205 {
  border: 2px solid #e73205;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e73205;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 50 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 96% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e73205 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e73205, #e7a305);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e73205 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 50 5 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 4.16 #ff0000 Red ΔE 4.21 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 4.22 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.33 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 5.24 #cb410b Sinopia ΔE 5.34 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.67 #18cdfa Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#e73205  rgb(231, 50, 5)  hsl(12, 96%, 46%)  Candy Apple Red
#05bae7  rgb(5, 186, 231)  hsl(192, 96%, 46%)  Deep Sky Blue
#05e732  rgb(5, 231, 50)  hsl(132, 96%, 46%)  Malachite
#3205e7  rgb(50, 5, 231)  hsl(252, 96%, 46%)  Blue