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#EA3515

#ea3515 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea3515 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 20.78% green and 8.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 77.35% magenta, 91.03% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 9.01°, 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 5.02:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 3.35.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.2009

Complementary

  1. #ea3515
  2. #15caea

Split complementary

  1. #ea3515
  2. #15ea9f
  3. #1560ea

Analogous

  1. #ea1560
  2. #ea3515
  3. #ea9f15

Triadic

  1. #ea3515
  2. #15ea35
  3. #3515ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea3515
  2. #caea15
  3. #15caea
  4. #3515ea

Square

  1. #ea3515
  2. #60ea15
  3. #15caea
  4. #9f15ea

Monochromatic

  1. #5e1508
  2. #a4250f
  3. #ea3515
  4. #f0725b
  5. #f7aea1

Shades

#ea3515 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea3515
  2. #d33013
  3. #bb2a11
  4. #a4250f
  5. #8c200d
  6. #751b0b
  7. #5e1508
  8. #461006
  9. #2f0b04
  10. #170502
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea3515 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea3515
  2. #ec492c
  3. #ee5d44
  4. #f0725b
  5. #f28673
  6. #f59a8a
  7. #f7aea1
  8. #f9c2b9
  9. #fbd7d0
  10. #fdebe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea3515 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea3515
  2. #df3d20
  3. #d5442a
  4. #ca4c35
  5. #c05340
  6. #b55b4b
  7. #aa6255
  8. #a06a60
  9. #95716b
  10. #8b7975
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.02:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b36763 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #70620a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c8a00 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0031 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae540f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c07208 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f90028 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea3515 {
  color: #ea3515;
}
Background
.bg-ea3515 {
  background-color: #ea3515;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea3515 {
  border: 2px solid #ea3515;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea3515;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 53 21;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 84% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea3515 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea3515, #ea9f15);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea3515 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 53 21 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.35 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.39 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.58 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.73 #e62020 Lust ΔE 4.70 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.90 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 4.92 #15caea Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#ea3515  rgb(234, 53, 21)  hsl(9, 84%, 50%)  Candy Apple Red
#15caea  rgb(21, 202, 234)  hsl(189, 84%, 50%)  Sky Blue
#15ea35  rgb(21, 234, 53)  hsl(129, 84%, 50%)  Malachite
#3515ea  rgb(53, 21, 234)  hsl(249, 84%, 50%)  Blue