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#EA2548

#ea2548 ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea2548 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 28.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 84.19% magenta, 69.23% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 349.34°, with 82.43% saturation and 53.14% 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 4.86:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 2.27.

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Web safe#ff3333
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Relative luminance0.1928

Complementary

  1. #ea2548
  2. #25eac7

Split complementary

  1. #ea2548
  2. #25ea65
  3. #25abea

Analogous

  1. #ea25ab
  2. #ea2548
  3. #ea6525

Triadic

  1. #ea2548
  2. #48ea25
  3. #2548ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea2548
  2. #eac725
  3. #25eac7
  4. #2548ea

Square

  1. #ea2548
  2. #abea25
  3. #25eac7
  4. #6525ea

Monochromatic

  1. #6c0a1c
  2. #b1112e
  3. #ea2548
  4. #f16b83
  5. #f7b1bd

Shades

#ea2548 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea2548
  2. #d32141
  3. #bb1e3a
  4. #a41a32
  5. #8c162b
  6. #751324
  7. #5e0f1d
  8. #460b16
  9. #2f070e
  10. #170407
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea2548 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea2548
  2. #ec3b5a
  3. #ee516d
  4. #f0667f
  5. #f27c91
  6. #f592a4
  7. #f7a8b6
  8. #f9bec8
  9. #fbd3da
  10. #fde9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea2548 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea2548
  2. #df2e4e
  3. #d53753
  4. #ca4059
  5. #c0495e
  6. #b55364
  7. #aa5c6a
  8. #a0656f
  9. #956e75
  10. #8b777a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.86:1 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 #968842 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0036 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ab4e48 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bd6e44 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8003e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea2548 {
  color: #ea2548;
}
Background
.bg-ea2548 {
  background-color: #ea2548;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea2548 {
  border: 2px solid #ea2548;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea2548;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 37 72;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 82% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea2548 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea2548, #ea6525);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea2548 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 37 72 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 2.27 #ff004f Folly ΔE 3.74 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 4.10 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 5.90 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 5.96 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 7.24 #cc3333 Persian Red ΔE 7.58 #15dab7 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Amaranth
#ea2548  rgb(234, 37, 72)  hsl(349, 82%, 53%)  Amaranth
#25eac7  rgb(37, 234, 199)  hsl(169, 82%, 53%)  Turquoise
#48ea25  rgb(72, 234, 37)  hsl(109, 82%, 53%)  Neon Green
#2548ea  rgb(37, 72, 234)  hsl(229, 82%, 53%)  Iris