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#EA2501

#ea2501 ≈ Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea2501 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 14.51% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 84.19% magenta, 99.57% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 9.27°, with 99.15% saturation and 46.08% 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 4.76:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Red (#ff0000), ΔE 3.65.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.1882

Complementary

  1. #ea2501
  2. #01c6ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea2501
  2. #01ea9a
  3. #0152ea

Analogous

  1. #ea0152
  2. #ea2501
  3. #ea9a01

Triadic

  1. #ea2501
  2. #01ea25
  3. #2501ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea2501
  2. #c6ea01
  3. #01c6ea
  4. #2501ea

Square

  1. #ea2501
  2. #52ea01
  3. #01c6ea
  4. #9a01ea

Monochromatic

  1. #520d00
  2. #9e1901
  3. #ea2501
  4. #fe5839
  5. #fe9886

Shades

#ea2501 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea2501
  2. #d32101
  3. #bb1e01
  4. #a41a01
  5. #8c1601
  6. #751301
  7. #5e0f00
  8. #460b00
  9. #2f0700
  10. #170400
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea2501 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea2501
  2. #ec3b1a
  3. #ee5134
  4. #f0664d
  5. #f27c67
  6. #f59280
  7. #f7a899
  8. #f9beb3
  9. #fbd3cc
  10. #fde9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea2501 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea2501
  2. #df2e0e
  3. #d5371a
  4. #ca4027
  5. #c04934
  6. #b55341
  7. #aa5c4d
  8. #a0655a
  9. #956e67
  10. #8b7773
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.41:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1615e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a5d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #998700 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0023 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad4c00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bf6d00 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9001a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea2501 {
  color: #ea2501;
}
Background
.bg-ea2501 {
  background-color: #ea2501;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea2501 {
  border: 2px solid #ea2501;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea2501;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 37 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 99% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea2501 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea2501, #ea9a01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea2501 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 37 1 / 0.35);
}

#ff0000 Red ΔE 3.65 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.68 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 4.25 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.46 #e62020 Lust ΔE 4.84 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 5.78 #cb410b Sinopia ΔE 6.01 #15dafe Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Red
#ea2501  rgb(234, 37, 1)  hsl(9, 99%, 46%)  Red
#01c6ea  rgb(1, 198, 234)  hsl(189, 99%, 46%)  Sky Blue
#01ea25  rgb(1, 234, 37)  hsl(129, 99%, 46%)  Lime
#2501ea  rgb(37, 1, 234)  hsl(249, 99%, 46%)  Blue