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#EA3209

#ea3209 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea3209 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 19.61% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 78.63% magenta, 96.15% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 10.93°, with 92.59% saturation and 47.65% 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 4.96:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 3.54.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.1979

Complementary

  1. #ea3209
  2. #09c1ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea3209
  2. #09eaa2
  3. #0951ea

Analogous

  1. #ea0951
  2. #ea3209
  3. #eaa209

Triadic

  1. #ea3209
  2. #09ea32
  3. #3209ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea3209
  2. #c1ea09
  3. #09c1ea
  4. #3209ea

Square

  1. #ea3209
  2. #51ea09
  3. #09c1ea
  4. #a209ea

Monochromatic

  1. #571303
  2. #a02206
  3. #ea3209
  4. #f86848
  5. #fba491

Shades

#ea3209 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea3209
  2. #d32d08
  3. #bb2807
  4. #a42306
  5. #8c1e05
  6. #751905
  7. #5e1404
  8. #460f03
  9. #2f0a02
  10. #170501
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea3209 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea3209
  2. #ec4722
  3. #ee5b3a
  4. #f07053
  5. #f2846b
  6. #f59984
  7. #f7ad9d
  8. #f9c2b5
  9. #fbd6ce
  10. #fdebe6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea3209 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea3209
  2. #df3a15
  3. #d54221
  4. #ca492d
  5. #c05139
  6. #b55945
  7. #aa6150
  8. #a0695c
  9. #957068
  10. #8b7874
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b26661 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f6100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9b8900 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff002d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae5200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c07100 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f90023 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea3209 {
  color: #ea3209;
}
Background
.bg-ea3209 {
  background-color: #ea3209;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea3209 {
  border: 2px solid #ea3209;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea3209;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 50 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 93% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea3209 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea3209, #eaa209);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea3209 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 50 9 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.54 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.58 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.60 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.70 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.72 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.48 #cb410b Sinopia ΔE 6.00 #15cdf6 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#ea3209  rgb(234, 50, 9)  hsl(11, 93%, 48%)  Candy Apple Red
#09c1ea  rgb(9, 193, 234)  hsl(191, 93%, 48%)  Deep Sky Blue
#09ea32  rgb(9, 234, 50)  hsl(131, 93%, 48%)  Lime
#3209ea  rgb(50, 9, 234)  hsl(251, 93%, 48%)  Blue