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#EA401B

#ea401b ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea401b is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 25.1% green and 10.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 72.65% magenta, 88.46% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 10.72°, with 83.13% saturation and 51.18% 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 5.25:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Scarlet (#ff2400), ΔE 3.46.

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Relative luminance0.2124

Complementary

  1. #ea401b
  2. #1bc5ea

Split complementary

  1. #ea401b
  2. #1beaa7
  3. #1b5eea

Analogous

  1. #ea1b5e
  2. #ea401b
  3. #eaa71b

Triadic

  1. #ea401b
  2. #1bea40
  3. #401bea

Tetradic

  1. #ea401b
  2. #c5ea1b
  3. #1bc5ea
  4. #401bea

Square

  1. #ea401b
  2. #5eea1b
  3. #1bc5ea
  4. #a71bea

Monochromatic

  1. #631909
  2. #a92b10
  3. #ea401b
  4. #f07b61
  5. #f7b5a7

Shades

#ea401b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea401b
  2. #d33a18
  3. #bb3316
  4. #a42d13
  5. #8c2610
  6. #75200e
  7. #5e1a0b
  8. #461308
  9. #2f0d05
  10. #170603
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea401b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea401b
  2. #ec5332
  3. #ee6649
  4. #f0795f
  5. #f28c76
  6. #f5a08d
  7. #f7b3a4
  8. #f9c6bb
  9. #fbd9d1
  10. #fdece8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea401b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea401b
  2. #df4625
  3. #d54d2f
  4. #ca5339
  5. #c05a43
  6. #b5604e
  7. #aa6658
  8. #a06d62
  9. #95736c
  10. #8b7a76
  11. #808080

Readable text 4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b46b66 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #756712 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9e8d0a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff003a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b05a16 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c17612 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f91c30 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea401b {
  color: #ea401b;
}
Background
.bg-ea401b {
  background-color: #ea401b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea401b {
  border: 2px solid #ea401b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea401b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 64 27;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 83% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea401b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea401b, #eaa71b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea401b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 64 27 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.46 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.46 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.91 #ff0000 Red ΔE 4.04 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.05 #e25822 Flame ΔE 4.93 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 5.15 #15bfe4 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Scarlet
#ea401b  rgb(234, 64, 27)  hsl(11, 83%, 51%)  Scarlet
#1bc5ea  rgb(27, 197, 234)  hsl(191, 83%, 51%)  Deep Sky Blue
#1bea40  rgb(27, 234, 64)  hsl(131, 83%, 51%)  Malachite
#401bea  rgb(64, 27, 234)  hsl(251, 83%, 51%)  Ultramarine