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#EA381A

#ea381a ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea381a is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 21.96% green and 10.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 76.07% magenta, 88.89% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 8.65°, with 83.2% saturation and 50.98% 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 5.08:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 3.45.

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Relative luminance0.204

Complementary

  1. #ea381a
  2. #1accea

Split complementary

  1. #ea381a
  2. #1aeaa0
  3. #1a64ea

Analogous

  1. #ea1a64
  2. #ea381a
  3. #eaa01a

Triadic

  1. #ea381a
  2. #1aea38
  3. #381aea

Tetradic

  1. #ea381a
  2. #ccea1a
  3. #1accea
  4. #381aea

Square

  1. #ea381a
  2. #64ea1a
  3. #1accea
  4. #a01aea

Monochromatic

  1. #621609
  2. #a8250f
  3. #ea381a
  4. #f07560
  5. #f7b2a6

Shades

#ea381a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea381a
  2. #d33217
  3. #bb2d15
  4. #a42712
  5. #8c2210
  6. #751c0d
  7. #5e160a
  8. #461108
  9. #2f0b05
  10. #170603
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea381a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea381a
  2. #ec4c31
  3. #ee6048
  4. #f0745f
  5. #f28876
  6. #f59c8d
  7. #f7afa3
  8. #f9c3ba
  9. #fbd7d1
  10. #fdebe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea381a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea381a
  2. #df3f24
  3. #d5462e
  4. #ca4e39
  5. #c05543
  6. #b55c4d
  7. #aa6357
  8. #a06a61
  9. #95726c
  10. #8b7976
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b36864 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #716411 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c8b07 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0034 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af5515 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c07310 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9002c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea381a {
  color: #ea381a;
}
Background
.bg-ea381a {
  background-color: #ea381a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea381a {
  border: 2px solid #ea381a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea381a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 56 26;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 83% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea381a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea381a, #eaa01a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea381a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 56 26 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.45 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.49 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.64 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.79 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 4.43 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 4.43 #e62020 Lust ΔE 4.59 #15c7e5 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#ea381a  rgb(234, 56, 26)  hsl(9, 83%, 51%)  Candy Apple Red
#1accea  rgb(26, 204, 234)  hsl(189, 83%, 51%)  Sky Blue
#1aea38  rgb(26, 234, 56)  hsl(129, 83%, 51%)  Malachite
#381aea  rgb(56, 26, 234)  hsl(249, 83%, 51%)  Blue