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#E73B4E

#e73b4e ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e73b4e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 23.14% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 74.46% magenta, 66.23% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 353.37°, with 78.18% saturation and 56.86% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.13:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 3.19.

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Relative luminance0.2067

Complementary

  1. #e73b4e
  2. #3be7d4

Split complementary

  1. #e73b4e
  2. #3be77e
  3. #3ba4e7

Analogous

  1. #e73ba4
  2. #e73b4e
  3. #e77e3b

Triadic

  1. #e73b4e
  2. #4ee73b
  3. #3b4ee7

Tetradic

  1. #e73b4e
  2. #e7d43b
  3. #3be7d4
  4. #3b4ee7

Square

  1. #e73b4e
  2. #a4e73b
  3. #3be7d4
  4. #7e3be7

Monochromatic

  1. #7a0f1b
  2. #be172a
  3. #e73b4e
  4. #ef7f8c
  5. #f8c3c9

Shades

#e73b4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e73b4e
  2. #d03546
  3. #b92f3e
  4. #a22937
  5. #8b232f
  6. #741e27
  7. #5c181f
  8. #451217
  9. #2e0c10
  10. #170608
  11. #000000

Tints

#e73b4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e73b4e
  2. #e94f60
  3. #ec6271
  4. #ee7683
  5. #f18995
  6. #f39da7
  7. #f5b1b8
  8. #f8c4ca
  9. #fad8dc
  10. #fdebed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e73b4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e73b4e
  2. #dd4253
  3. #d24958
  4. #c8505d
  5. #be5762
  6. #b45e67
  7. #a9646c
  8. #9f6b71
  9. #957276
  10. #8a797b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2696e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6d664d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #988b49 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd0044 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac584e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bd734b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f51b48 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e73b4e {
  color: #e73b4e;
}
Background
.bg-e73b4e {
  background-color: #e73b4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e73b4e {
  border: 2px solid #e73b4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e73b4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 59 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 353 78% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e73b4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e73b4e, #e77e3b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e73b4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 59 78 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 3.19 #ff004f Folly ΔE 4.15 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 5.74 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 5.87 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 6.03 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 6.09 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 6.13 #18c4b1 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Amaranth
#e73b4e  rgb(231, 59, 78)  hsl(353, 78%, 57%)  Amaranth
#3be7d4  rgb(59, 231, 212)  hsl(173, 78%, 57%)  Turquoise
#4ee73b  rgb(78, 231, 59)  hsl(113, 78%, 57%)  Malachite
#3b4ee7  rgb(59, 78, 231)  hsl(233, 78%, 57%)  Iris