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#EA2248

#ea2248 ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea2248 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 13.33% green and 28.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 85.47% magenta, 69.23% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 348.6°, with 82.64% saturation and 52.55% 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 4.82:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 2.09.

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Relative luminance0.191

Complementary

  1. #ea2248
  2. #22eac4

Split complementary

  1. #ea2248
  2. #22ea60
  3. #22acea

Analogous

  1. #ea22ac
  2. #ea2248
  3. #ea6022

Triadic

  1. #ea2248
  2. #48ea22
  3. #2248ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea2248
  2. #eac422
  3. #22eac4
  4. #2248ea

Square

  1. #ea2248
  2. #acea22
  3. #22eac4
  4. #6022ea

Monochromatic

  1. #690a1c
  2. #af112f
  3. #ea2248
  4. #f16882
  5. #f7aebc

Shades

#ea2248 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea2248
  2. #d31f41
  3. #bb1b3a
  4. #a41832
  5. #8c142b
  6. #751124
  7. #5e0e1d
  8. #460a16
  9. #2f070e
  10. #170307
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea2248 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea2248
  2. #ec385a
  3. #ee4e6d
  4. #f0647f
  5. #f27a91
  6. #f591a4
  7. #f7a7b6
  8. #f9bdc8
  9. #fbd3da
  10. #fde9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea2248 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea2248
  2. #df2b4e
  3. #d53553
  4. #ca3e59
  5. #c0485e
  6. #b55164
  7. #aa5a6a
  8. #a0646f
  9. #956d75
  10. #8b777a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b26269 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #655f48 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #958842 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0034 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ab4d48 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bd6d44 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8003d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea2248 {
  color: #ea2248;
}
Background
.bg-ea2248 {
  background-color: #ea2248;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea2248 {
  border: 2px solid #ea2248;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea2248;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 34 72;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 83% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea2248 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea2248, #ea6022);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea2248 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 34 72 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 2.09 #ff004f Folly ΔE 3.75 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 3.96 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 5.87 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 6.13 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 7.34 #e30b5c Raspberry ΔE 7.36 #15ddb7 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Amaranth
#ea2248  rgb(234, 34, 72)  hsl(349, 83%, 53%)  Amaranth
#22eac4  rgb(34, 234, 196)  hsl(169, 83%, 53%)  Turquoise
#48ea22  rgb(72, 234, 34)  hsl(109, 83%, 53%)  Neon Green
#2248ea  rgb(34, 72, 234)  hsl(229, 83%, 53%)  Iris