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#ED112E

#ed112e ≈ Cadmium Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ed112e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 6.67% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 92.83% magenta, 80.59% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 352.09°, with 86.61% saturation and 49.8% 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 4.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cadmium Red (#e30022), ΔE 3.11.

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Relative luminance0.186

Complementary

  1. #ed112e
  2. #11edd0

Split complementary

  1. #ed112e
  2. #11ed62
  3. #119ced

Analogous

  1. #ed119c
  2. #ed112e
  3. #ed6211

Triadic

  1. #ed112e
  2. #2eed11
  3. #112eed

Tetradic

  1. #ed112e
  2. #edd011
  3. #11edd0
  4. #112eed

Square

  1. #ed112e
  2. #9ced11
  3. #11edd0
  4. #6211ed

Monochromatic

  1. #5e0712
  2. #a60c20
  3. #ed112e
  4. #f3576c
  5. #f89fab

Shades

#ed112e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ed112e
  2. #d50f29
  3. #be0e25
  4. #a60c20
  5. #8e0a1c
  6. #770917
  7. #5f0712
  8. #47050e
  9. #2f0309
  10. #180205
  11. #000000

Tints

#ed112e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ed112e
  2. #ef2943
  3. #f14158
  4. #f2586d
  5. #f47082
  6. #f68897
  7. #f8a0ab
  8. #fab8c0
  9. #fbcfd5
  10. #fde7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ed112e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ed112e
  2. #e21c36
  3. #d7273e
  4. #cc3247
  5. #c13d4f
  6. #b74957
  7. #ac545f
  8. #a15f67
  9. #966a70
  10. #8b7578
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b35f62 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #655b2c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #978723 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0022 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad482d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c06b28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fc0027 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ed112e {
  color: #ed112e;
}
Background
.bg-ed112e {
  background-color: #ed112e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ed112e {
  border: 2px solid #ed112e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ed112e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 17 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 352 87% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ed112e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ed112e, #ed6211);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ed112e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 17 46 / 0.35);
}

#e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 3.11 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 3.40 #e62020 Lust ΔE 3.70 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 4.75 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 4.75 #cc3333 Persian Red ΔE 5.64 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 5.80 #12eed1 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Cadmium Red
#ed112e  rgb(237, 17, 46)  hsl(352, 87%, 50%)  Cadmium Red
#11edd0  rgb(17, 237, 208)  hsl(172, 87%, 50%)  Turquoise
#2eed11  rgb(46, 237, 17)  hsl(112, 87%, 50%)  Lime
#112eed  rgb(17, 46, 237)  hsl(232, 87%, 50%)  Blue