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#EA5E4E

#ea5e4e ≈ Terra Cotta

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ea5e4e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 36.86% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 59.83% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 6.15°, with 78.79% saturation and 61.18% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.21:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Terra Cotta (#e2725b), ΔE 4.54.

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Relative luminance0.2605

Complementary

  1. #ea5e4e
  2. #4edaea

Split complementary

  1. #ea5e4e
  2. #4eeaac
  3. #4e8cea

Analogous

  1. #ea4e8c
  2. #ea5e4e
  3. #eaac4e

Triadic

  1. #ea5e4e
  2. #4eea5e
  3. #5e4eea

Tetradic

  1. #ea5e4e
  2. #daea4e
  3. #4edaea
  4. #5e4eea

Square

  1. #ea5e4e
  2. #8cea4e
  3. #4edaea
  4. #ac4eea

Monochromatic

  1. #8e1e11
  2. #d32c19
  3. #ea5e4e
  4. #f29c92
  5. #fadad7

Shades

#ea5e4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea5e4e
  2. #d35546
  3. #bb4b3e
  4. #a44237
  5. #8c382f
  6. #752f27
  7. #5e261f
  8. #461c17
  9. #2f1310
  10. #170908
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea5e4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea5e4e
  2. #ec6e60
  3. #ee7e71
  4. #f08e83
  5. #f29e95
  6. #f5afa7
  7. #f7bfb8
  8. #f9cfca
  9. #fbdfdc
  10. #fdefed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea5e4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea5e4e
  2. #df6153
  3. #d56558
  4. #ca685d
  5. #c06c62
  6. #b56f67
  7. #aa726c
  8. #a07671
  9. #957976
  10. #8b7d7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b97c78 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83794c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6974a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff405b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b66f4d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c5844c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f84e56 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea5e4e {
  color: #ea5e4e;
}
Background
.bg-ea5e4e {
  background-color: #ea5e4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea5e4e {
  border: 2px solid #ea5e4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea5e4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 94 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 6 79% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea5e4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea5e4e, #eaac4e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea5e4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 94 78 / 0.35);
}

#e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 4.54 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 5.04 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 5.38 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 5.44 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 6.03 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 6.03 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 6.64 #15a1b1 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Terra Cotta
#ea5e4e  rgb(234, 94, 78)  hsl(6, 79%, 61%)  Terra Cotta
#4edaea  rgb(78, 218, 234)  hsl(186, 79%, 61%)  Dark Turquoise
#4eea5e  rgb(78, 234, 94)  hsl(126, 79%, 61%)  Malachite
#5e4eea  rgb(94, 78, 234)  hsl(246, 79%, 61%)  Majorelle Blue