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#EA281E

#ea281e ≈ Lust

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea281e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 15.69% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 82.91% magenta, 87.18% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 2.94°, with 82.93% saturation and 51.76% 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 Lust (#e62020), ΔE 1.78.

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Relative luminance0.191

Complementary

  1. #ea281e
  2. #1ee0ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea281e
  2. #1eea8e
  3. #1e7aea

Analogous

  1. #ea1e7a
  2. #ea281e
  3. #ea8e1e

Triadic

  1. #ea281e
  2. #1eea28
  3. #281eea

Tetradic

  1. #ea281e
  2. #e0ea1e
  3. #1ee0ea
  4. #281eea

Square

  1. #ea281e
  2. #7aea1e
  3. #1ee0ea
  4. #8e1eea

Monochromatic

  1. #660e09
  2. #ab1810
  3. #ea281e
  4. #f16b64
  5. #f7aeaa

Shades

#ea281e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea281e
  2. #d3241b
  3. #bb2018
  4. #a41c15
  5. #8c1812
  6. #75140f
  7. #5e100c
  8. #460c09
  9. #2f0806
  10. #170403
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea281e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea281e
  2. #ec3e35
  3. #ee534b
  4. #f06962
  5. #f27e78
  6. #f5948f
  7. #f7a9a5
  8. #f9bfbc
  9. #fbd4d2
  10. #fdeae9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea281e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea281e
  2. #df3128
  3. #d53a32
  4. #ca423b
  5. #c04b45
  6. #b5544f
  7. #aa5d59
  8. #a06663
  9. #956e6c
  10. #8b7776
  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 #b26261 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a5e19 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #99880c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0029 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad4e1b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bf6e15 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f90025 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea281e {
  color: #ea281e;
}
Background
.bg-ea281e {
  background-color: #ea281e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea281e {
  border: 2px solid #ea281e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea281e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 40 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 3 83% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea281e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea281e, #ea8e1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea281e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 40 30 / 0.35);
}

#e62020 Lust ΔE 1.78 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 3.45 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 3.45 #ff0000 Red ΔE 4.24 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 4.39 #e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 4.52 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 5.48 #15d7e1 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Lust
#ea281e  rgb(234, 40, 30)  hsl(3, 83%, 52%)  Lust
#1ee0ea  rgb(30, 224, 234)  hsl(183, 83%, 52%)  Dark Turquoise
#1eea28  rgb(30, 234, 40)  hsl(123, 83%, 52%)  Lime
#281eea  rgb(40, 30, 234)  hsl(243, 83%, 52%)  Blue