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#E9300A

#e9300a ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e9300a is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.37% red, 18.82% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 79.4% magenta, 95.71% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 10.22°, with 91.77% saturation and 47.65% 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 4.89:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 3.62.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.1946

Complementary

  1. #e9300a
  2. #0ac3e9

Split complementary

  1. #e9300a
  2. #0ae99f
  3. #0a54e9

Analogous

  1. #e90a54
  2. #e9300a
  3. #e99f0a

Triadic

  1. #e9300a
  2. #0ae930
  3. #300ae9

Tetradic

  1. #e9300a
  2. #c3e90a
  3. #0ac3e9
  4. #300ae9

Square

  1. #e9300a
  2. #54e90a
  3. #0ac3e9
  4. #9f0ae9

Monochromatic

  1. #561204
  2. #a02107
  3. #e9300a
  4. #f76648
  5. #faa492

Shades

#e9300a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e9300a
  2. #d22b09
  3. #ba2608
  4. #a32207
  5. #8c1d06
  6. #751805
  7. #5d1304
  8. #460e03
  9. #2f0a02
  10. #170501
  11. #000000

Tints

#e9300a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e9300a
  2. #eb4523
  3. #ed593b
  4. #f06e54
  5. #f2836c
  6. #f49885
  7. #f6ac9d
  8. #f8c1b6
  9. #fbd6ce
  10. #fdeae7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e9300a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e9300a
  2. #df3816
  3. #d44022
  4. #ca482d
  5. #bf5039
  6. #b55845
  7. #aa6051
  8. #a0685d
  9. #957068
  10. #8b7874
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.89:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b26460 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e6000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9a8900 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff002c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad5101 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bf7000 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f80022 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e9300a {
  color: #e9300a;
}
Background
.bg-e9300a {
  background-color: #e9300a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e9300a {
  border: 2px solid #e9300a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e9300a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 48 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 10 92% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e9300a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e9300a, #e99f0a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e9300a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 48 10 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.62 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.65 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.87 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.02 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.06 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 5.15 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 5.86 #16cff5 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#e9300a  rgb(233, 48, 10)  hsl(10, 92%, 48%)  Candy Apple Red
#0ac3e9  rgb(10, 195, 233)  hsl(190, 92%, 48%)  Deep Sky Blue
#0ae930  rgb(10, 233, 48)  hsl(130, 92%, 48%)  Malachite
#300ae9  rgb(48, 10, 233)  hsl(250, 92%, 48%)  Blue