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#E81F4E

#e81f4e ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e81f4e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 12.16% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 86.64% magenta, 66.38% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 345.97°, with 81.38% saturation and 51.57% 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 Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 0.83.

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Web safe#ff3366
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Relative luminance0.1869

Complementary

  1. #e81f4e
  2. #1fe8b9

Split complementary

  1. #e81f4e
  2. #1fe855
  3. #1fb3e8

Analogous

  1. #e81fb3
  2. #e81f4e
  3. #e8551f

Triadic

  1. #e81f4e
  2. #4ee81f
  3. #1f4ee8

Tetradic

  1. #e81f4e
  2. #e8b91f
  3. #1fe8b9
  4. #1f4ee8

Square

  1. #e81f4e
  2. #b3e81f
  3. #1fe8b9
  4. #551fe8

Monochromatic

  1. #640a1f
  2. #a91135
  3. #e81f4e
  4. #ef6485
  5. #f6aabc

Shades

#e81f4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e81f4e
  2. #d11c46
  3. #ba193e
  4. #a21637
  5. #8b132f
  6. #741027
  7. #5d0c1f
  8. #460917
  9. #2e0610
  10. #170308
  11. #000000

Tints

#e81f4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e81f4e
  2. #ea3560
  3. #ed4c71
  4. #ef6283
  5. #f17995
  6. #f48fa7
  7. #f6a5b8
  8. #f8bcca
  9. #fad2dc
  10. #fde9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e81f4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e81f4e
  2. #de2953
  3. #d33258
  4. #c93c5d
  5. #be4662
  6. #b45067
  7. #aa596c
  8. #9f6371
  9. #956d76
  10. #8a767b
  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 #b06069 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #625e4e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #938648 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0036 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a94c4e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bb6c4a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f60041 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e81f4e {
  color: #e81f4e;
}
Background
.bg-e81f4e {
  background-color: #e81f4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e81f4e {
  border: 2px solid #e81f4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e81f4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 31 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 346 81% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e81f4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e81f4e, #e8551f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e81f4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 31 78 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 0.83 #ff004f Folly ΔE 4.10 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 4.56 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 5.01 #e30b5c Raspberry ΔE 5.32 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 5.62 #e0115f Ruby ΔE 6.31 #17e0b1 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Amaranth
#e81f4e  rgb(232, 31, 78)  hsl(346, 81%, 52%)  Amaranth
#1fe8b9  rgb(31, 232, 185)  hsl(166, 81%, 52%)  Aquamarine
#4ee81f  rgb(78, 232, 31)  hsl(106, 81%, 52%)  Neon Green
#1f4ee8  rgb(31, 78, 232)  hsl(226, 81%, 52%)  Iris