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#EA3255

#ea3255 ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea3255 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 19.61% green and 33.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 78.63% magenta, 63.68% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 348.59°, with 81.42% saturation and 55.69% 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 5.09:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 1.69.

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Web safe#ff3366
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Relative luminance0.2043

Complementary

  1. #ea3255
  2. #32eac7

Split complementary

  1. #ea3255
  2. #32ea6b
  3. #32b1ea

Analogous

  1. #ea32b1
  2. #ea3255
  3. #ea6b32

Triadic

  1. #ea3255
  2. #55ea32
  3. #3255ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea3255
  2. #eac732
  3. #32eac7
  4. #3255ea

Square

  1. #ea3255
  2. #b1ea32
  3. #32eac7
  4. #6b32ea

Monochromatic

  1. #770c20
  2. #bc1333
  3. #ea3255
  4. #f1778f
  5. #f8bdc8

Shades

#ea3255 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea3255
  2. #d32d4d
  3. #bb2844
  4. #a4233c
  5. #8c1e33
  6. #75192b
  7. #5e1422
  8. #460f1a
  9. #2f0a11
  10. #170509
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea3255 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea3255
  2. #ec4766
  3. #ee5b77
  4. #f07088
  5. #f28499
  6. #f599aa
  7. #f7adbb
  8. #f9c2cc
  9. #fbd6dd
  10. #fdebee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea3255 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea3255
  2. #df3a59
  3. #d5425e
  4. #ca4962
  5. #c05166
  6. #b5596b
  7. #aa616f
  8. #a06973
  9. #957077
  10. #8b787c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3676f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #696455 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #978b50 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0041 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac5455 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #be7152 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8004a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea3255 {
  color: #ea3255;
}
Background
.bg-ea3255 {
  background-color: #ea3255;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea3255 {
  border: 2px solid #ea3255;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea3255;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 50 85;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 81% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea3255 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea3255, #ea6b32);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea3255 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 50 85 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 1.69 #ff004f Folly ΔE 3.36 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 5.27 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 5.45 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 5.58 #e30b5c Raspberry ΔE 6.09 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 6.30 #15cdaa Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Amaranth
#ea3255  rgb(234, 50, 85)  hsl(349, 81%, 56%)  Amaranth
#32eac7  rgb(50, 234, 199)  hsl(169, 81%, 56%)  Turquoise
#55ea32  rgb(85, 234, 50)  hsl(109, 81%, 56%)  Neon Green
#3255ea  rgb(50, 85, 234)  hsl(229, 81%, 56%)  Majorelle Blue