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#EA381C

#ea381c ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea381c 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 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 76.07% magenta, 88.03% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 8.16°, with 83.06% saturation and 51.37% 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 3.5.

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Relative luminance0.204

Complementary

  1. #ea381c
  2. #1cceea

Split complementary

  1. #ea381c
  2. #1cea9f
  3. #1c67ea

Analogous

  1. #ea1c67
  2. #ea381c
  3. #ea9f1c

Triadic

  1. #ea381c
  2. #1cea38
  3. #381cea

Tetradic

  1. #ea381c
  2. #ceea1c
  3. #1cceea
  4. #381cea

Square

  1. #ea381c
  2. #67ea1c
  3. #1cceea
  4. #9f1cea

Monochromatic

  1. #641609
  2. #aa2510
  3. #ea381c
  4. #f07562
  5. #f7b3a8

Shades

#ea381c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea381c
  2. #d33219
  3. #bb2d16
  4. #a42714
  5. #8c2211
  6. #751c0e
  7. #5e160b
  8. #461108
  9. #2f0b06
  10. #170603
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea381c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea381c
  2. #ec4c33
  3. #ee6049
  4. #f07460
  5. #f28877
  6. #f59c8e
  7. #f7afa4
  8. #f9c3bb
  9. #fbd7d2
  10. #fdebe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea381c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea381c
  2. #df3f26
  3. #d54630
  4. #ca4e3a
  5. #c05544
  6. #b55c4e
  7. #aa6358
  8. #a06a62
  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 #716414 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c8b0b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0034 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af5518 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c07313 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f9012c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea381c {
  color: #ea381c;
}
Background
.bg-ea381c {
  background-color: #ea381c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea381c {
  border: 2px solid #ea381c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea381c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 56 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 83% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea381c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea381c, #ea9f1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea381c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 56 28 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.50 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.52 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.78 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.94 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 4.12 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 4.12 #e62020 Lust ΔE 4.35 #15c7e3 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#ea381c  rgb(234, 56, 28)  hsl(8, 83%, 51%)  Candy Apple Red
#1cceea  rgb(28, 206, 234)  hsl(188, 83%, 51%)  Sky Blue
#1cea38  rgb(28, 234, 56)  hsl(128, 83%, 51%)  Malachite
#381cea  rgb(56, 28, 234)  hsl(248, 83%, 51%)  Ultramarine