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#EA3517

#ea3517 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea3517 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 9.02% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 77.35% magenta, 90.17% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 8.53°, with 83.4% saturation and 50.39% 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 3.36.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.201

Complementary

  1. #ea3517
  2. #17ccea

Split complementary

  1. #ea3517
  2. #17ea9e
  3. #1762ea

Analogous

  1. #ea1762
  2. #ea3517
  3. #ea9e17

Triadic

  1. #ea3517
  2. #17ea35
  3. #3517ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea3517
  2. #ccea17
  3. #17ccea
  4. #3517ea

Square

  1. #ea3517
  2. #62ea17
  3. #17ccea
  4. #9e17ea

Monochromatic

  1. #5f1509
  2. #a6240f
  3. #ea3517
  4. #f0725d
  5. #f7afa3

Shades

#ea3517 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea3517
  2. #d33015
  3. #bb2a12
  4. #a42510
  5. #8c200e
  6. #751b0c
  7. #5e1509
  8. #461007
  9. #2f0b05
  10. #170502
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea3517 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea3517
  2. #ec492e
  3. #ee5d45
  4. #f0725d
  5. #f28674
  6. #f59a8b
  7. #f7aea2
  8. #f9c2b9
  9. #fbd7d1
  10. #fdebe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea3517 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea3517
  2. #df3d22
  3. #d5442c
  4. #ca4c37
  5. #c05341
  6. #b55b4c
  7. #aa6256
  8. #a06a61
  9. #95716b
  10. #8b7976
  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 #70620d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c8a00 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0031 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae5412 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c0720b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f90029 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea3517 {
  color: #ea3517;
}
Background
.bg-ea3517 {
  background-color: #ea3517;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea3517 {
  border: 2px solid #ea3517;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea3517;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 53 23;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 83% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea3517 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea3517, #ea9e17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea3517 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 53 23 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.36 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.38 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.66 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.83 #e62020 Lust ΔE 4.46 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 4.65 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 4.65 #15cae8 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#ea3517  rgb(234, 53, 23)  hsl(9, 83%, 50%)  Candy Apple Red
#17ccea  rgb(23, 204, 234)  hsl(189, 83%, 50%)  Sky Blue
#17ea35  rgb(23, 234, 53)  hsl(129, 83%, 50%)  Malachite
#3517ea  rgb(53, 23, 234)  hsl(249, 83%, 50%)  Blue