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#E73C19

#e73c19 ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e73c19 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.59% red, 23.53% green and 9.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 74.03% magenta, 89.18% yellow and 9.41% black. Its hue angle is 10.19°, 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 5.06:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Scarlet (#ff2400), ΔE 3.93.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.2029

Complementary

  1. #e73c19
  2. #19c4e7

Split complementary

  1. #e73c19
  2. #19e7a3
  3. #195de7

Analogous

  1. #e7195d
  2. #e73c19
  3. #e7a319

Triadic

  1. #e73c19
  2. #19e73c
  3. #3c19e7

Tetradic

  1. #e73c19
  2. #c4e719
  3. #19c4e7
  4. #3c19e7

Square

  1. #e73c19
  2. #5de719
  3. #19c4e7
  4. #a319e7

Monochromatic

  1. #5d180a
  2. #a32a11
  3. #e73c19
  4. #ee775e
  5. #f5b1a4

Shades

#e73c19 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e73c19
  2. #d03617
  3. #b93014
  4. #a22a12
  5. #8b240f
  6. #741e0d
  7. #5c180a
  8. #451208
  9. #2e0c05
  10. #170603
  11. #000000

Tints

#e73c19 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e73c19
  2. #e95030
  3. #ec6347
  4. #ee775e
  5. #f18a75
  6. #f39e8c
  7. #f5b1a3
  8. #f8c5ba
  9. #fad8d1
  10. #fdece8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e73c19 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e73c19
  2. #dd4323
  3. #d24a2e
  4. #c85038
  5. #be5742
  6. #b45e4d
  7. #a96557
  8. #9f6c61
  9. #95726b
  10. #8a7976
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b16863 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #72640f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c8a06 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0037 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad5714 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #be7310 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f6132d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e73c19 {
  color: #e73c19;
}
Background
.bg-e73c19 {
  background-color: #e73c19;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e73c19 {
  border: 2px solid #e73c19;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e73c19;
  --color-primary-rgb: 231 60 25;
  --color-primary-hsl: 10 81% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e73c19 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e73c19, #e7a319);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e73c19 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(231 60 25 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.93 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.99 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.01 #ff0000 Red ΔE 4.06 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.88 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 4.89 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 4.89 #18c3e6 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Scarlet
#e73c19  rgb(231, 60, 25)  hsl(10, 81%, 50%)  Scarlet
#19c4e7  rgb(25, 196, 231)  hsl(190, 81%, 50%)  Sky Blue
#19e73c  rgb(25, 231, 60)  hsl(130, 81%, 50%)  Malachite
#3c19e7  rgb(60, 25, 231)  hsl(250, 81%, 50%)  Ultramarine