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#EA284E

#ea284e ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea284e 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 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 82.91% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 348.25°, with 82.2% saturation and 53.73% 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 4.91:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 1.14.

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Relative luminance0.1956

Complementary

  1. #ea284e
  2. #28eac4

Split complementary

  1. #ea284e
  2. #28ea63
  3. #28afea

Analogous

  1. #ea28af
  2. #ea284e
  3. #ea6328

Triadic

  1. #ea284e
  2. #4eea28
  3. #284eea

Tetradic

  1. #ea284e
  2. #eac428
  3. #28eac4
  4. #284eea

Square

  1. #ea284e
  2. #afea28
  3. #28eac4
  4. #6328ea

Monochromatic

  1. #6e0b1e
  2. #b41231
  3. #ea284e
  4. #f16e87
  5. #f8b3c1

Shades

#ea284e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea284e
  2. #d32446
  3. #bb203e
  4. #a41c37
  5. #8c182f
  6. #751427
  7. #5e101f
  8. #460c17
  9. #2f0810
  10. #170408
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea284e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea284e
  2. #ec3e60
  3. #ee5371
  4. #f06983
  5. #f27e95
  6. #f594a7
  7. #f7a9b8
  8. #f9bfca
  9. #fbd4dc
  10. #fdeaed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea284e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea284e
  2. #df3153
  3. #d53a58
  4. #ca425d
  5. #c04b62
  6. #b55467
  7. #aa5d6c
  8. #a06671
  9. #956e76
  10. #8b777b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b2636b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #66614e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #968948 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff003a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ab504e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bd6f4b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f80043 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea284e {
  color: #ea284e;
}
Background
.bg-ea284e {
  background-color: #ea284e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea284e {
  border: 2px solid #ea284e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea284e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 40 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 348 82% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea284e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea284e, #ea6328);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea284e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 40 78 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 1.14 #ff004f Folly ΔE 3.34 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 4.90 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 5.45 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 6.41 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 6.43 #e30b5c Raspberry ΔE 6.44 #15d7b1 Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Amaranth
#ea284e  rgb(234, 40, 78)  hsl(348, 82%, 54%)  Amaranth
#28eac4  rgb(40, 234, 196)  hsl(168, 82%, 54%)  Turquoise
#4eea28  rgb(78, 234, 40)  hsl(108, 82%, 54%)  Neon Green
#284eea  rgb(40, 78, 234)  hsl(228, 82%, 54%)  Iris