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#EA3315

#ea3315 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea3315 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 8.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 78.21% magenta, 91.03% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 8.45°, with 83.53% saturation and 50% 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 3.33.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.1991

Complementary

  1. #ea3315
  2. #15ccea

Split complementary

  1. #ea3315
  2. #15ea9d
  3. #1562ea

Analogous

  1. #ea1562
  2. #ea3315
  3. #ea9d15

Triadic

  1. #ea3315
  2. #15ea33
  3. #3315ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea3315
  2. #ccea15
  3. #15ccea
  4. #3315ea

Square

  1. #ea3315
  2. #62ea15
  3. #15ccea
  4. #9d15ea

Monochromatic

  1. #5e1408
  2. #a4240f
  3. #ea3315
  4. #f0705b
  5. #f7ada1

Shades

#ea3315 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea3315
  2. #d32e13
  3. #bb2911
  4. #a4240f
  5. #8c1f0d
  6. #751a0b
  7. #5e1408
  8. #460f06
  9. #2f0a04
  10. #170502
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea3315 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea3315
  2. #ec472c
  3. #ee5c44
  4. #f0705b
  5. #f28573
  6. #f5998a
  7. #f7ada1
  8. #f9c2b9
  9. #fbd6d0
  10. #fdebe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea3315 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea3315
  2. #df3b20
  3. #d5422a
  4. #ca4a35
  5. #c05240
  6. #b55a4b
  7. #aa6155
  8. #a06960
  9. #95716b
  10. #8b7875
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.21:1 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 #6f620a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9b8a00 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0030 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae530f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c07108 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f90027 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea3315 {
  color: #ea3315;
}
Background
.bg-ea3315 {
  background-color: #ea3315;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea3315 {
  border: 2px solid #ea3315;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea3315;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 51 21;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 84% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea3315 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea3315, #ea9d15);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea3315 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 51 21 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.33 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.34 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.70 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.88 #e62020 Lust ΔE 4.39 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 4.80 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 4.80 #15ccea Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#ea3315  rgb(234, 51, 21)  hsl(8, 84%, 50%)  Candy Apple Red
#15ccea  rgb(21, 204, 234)  hsl(188, 84%, 50%)  Sky Blue
#15ea33  rgb(21, 234, 51)  hsl(128, 84%, 50%)  Lime
#3315ea  rgb(51, 21, 234)  hsl(248, 84%, 50%)  Blue