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#EA3311

#ea3311 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea3311 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 20% green and 6.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 78.21% magenta, 92.74% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 9.4°, with 86.45% saturation and 49.22% 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 4.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 3.36.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.199

Complementary

  1. #ea3311
  2. #11c8ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea3311
  2. #11eaa0
  3. #115cea

Analogous

  1. #ea115c
  2. #ea3311
  3. #eaa011

Triadic

  1. #ea3311
  2. #11ea33
  3. #3311ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea3311
  2. #c8ea11
  3. #11c8ea
  4. #3311ea

Square

  1. #ea3311
  2. #5cea11
  3. #11c8ea
  4. #a011ea

Monochromatic

  1. #5b1407
  2. #a3230c
  3. #ea3311
  4. #f36e55
  5. #f8ab9c

Shades

#ea3311 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea3311
  2. #d32e0f
  3. #bb290e
  4. #a4240c
  5. #8c1f0a
  6. #751a09
  7. #5e1407
  8. #460f05
  9. #2f0a03
  10. #170502
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea3311 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea3311
  2. #ec4729
  3. #ee5c41
  4. #f07058
  5. #f28570
  6. #f59988
  7. #f7ada0
  8. #f9c2b8
  9. #fbd6cf
  10. #fdebe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea3311 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea3311
  2. #df3b1c
  3. #d54227
  4. #ca4a32
  5. #c0523d
  6. #b55a49
  7. #aa6154
  8. #a0695f
  9. #95716a
  10. #8b7875
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b36662 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f6104 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9b8a00 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff002f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae530a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c07102 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f90026 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea3311 {
  color: #ea3311;
}
Background
.bg-ea3311 {
  background-color: #ea3311;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea3311 {
  border: 2px solid #ea3311;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea3311;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 51 17;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 86% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea3311 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea3311, #eaa011);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea3311 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 51 17 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.36 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.39 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.58 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.73 #e62020 Lust ΔE 4.85 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.90 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 5.30 #15ccee Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#ea3311  rgb(234, 51, 17)  hsl(9, 86%, 49%)  Candy Apple Red
#11c8ea  rgb(17, 200, 234)  hsl(189, 86%, 49%)  Sky Blue
#11ea33  rgb(17, 234, 51)  hsl(129, 86%, 49%)  Lime
#3311ea  rgb(51, 17, 234)  hsl(249, 86%, 49%)  Blue