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#EB172E

#eb172e ≈ Cadmium Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eb172e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.16% red, 9.02% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 90.21% magenta, 80.43% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 353.49°, with 84.13% saturation and 50.59% 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 4.69:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cadmium Red (#e30022), ΔE 2.89.

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Relative luminance0.1847

Complementary

  1. #eb172e
  2. #17ebd4

Split complementary

  1. #eb172e
  2. #17eb6a
  3. #1798eb

Analogous

  1. #eb1798
  2. #eb172e
  3. #eb6a17

Triadic

  1. #eb172e
  2. #2eeb17
  3. #172eeb

Tetradic

  1. #eb172e
  2. #ebd417
  3. #17ebd4
  4. #172eeb

Square

  1. #eb172e
  2. #98eb17
  3. #17ebd4
  4. #6a17eb

Monochromatic

  1. #610812
  2. #a70e1f
  3. #eb172e
  4. #f15d6d
  5. #f7a4ad

Shades

#eb172e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eb172e
  2. #d41529
  3. #bc1225
  4. #a51020
  5. #8d0e1c
  6. #760c17
  7. #5e0912
  8. #47070e
  9. #2f0509
  10. #180205
  11. #000000

Tints

#eb172e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eb172e
  2. #ed2e43
  3. #ef4558
  4. #f15d6d
  5. #f37482
  6. #f58b97
  7. #f7a2ab
  8. #f9b9c0
  9. #fbd1d5
  10. #fde8ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eb172e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eb172e
  2. #e02236
  3. #d62c3e
  4. #cb3747
  5. #c0414f
  6. #b64c57
  7. #ab565f
  8. #a06167
  9. #956b70
  10. #8b7678
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b25f62 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #655b2c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #968623 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0025 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac492d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #be6b28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fa0029 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eb172e {
  color: #eb172e;
}
Background
.bg-eb172e {
  background-color: #eb172e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eb172e {
  border: 2px solid #eb172e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eb172e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 235 23 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 353 84% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eb172e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eb172e, #eb6a17);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eb172e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(235 23 46 / 0.35);
}

#e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 2.89 #e62020 Lust ΔE 3.47 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 3.66 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 4.55 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 4.55 #cc3333 Persian Red ΔE 5.35 #ce2029 Fire Engine Red ΔE 5.74 #14e8d1 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Cadmium Red
#eb172e  rgb(235, 23, 46)  hsl(353, 84%, 51%)  Cadmium Red
#17ebd4  rgb(23, 235, 212)  hsl(173, 84%, 51%)  Turquoise
#2eeb17  rgb(46, 235, 23)  hsl(113, 84%, 51%)  Lime
#172eeb  rgb(23, 46, 235)  hsl(233, 84%, 51%)  Blue