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#ED2E09

#ed2e09 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ed2e09 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 18.04% green and 3.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 80.59% magenta, 96.2% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 9.74°, with 92.68% saturation and 48.24% 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 5:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 2.95.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.1998

Complementary

  1. #ed2e09
  2. #09c8ed

Split complementary

  1. #ed2e09
  2. #09eda0
  3. #0956ed

Analogous

  1. #ed0956
  2. #ed2e09
  3. #eda009

Triadic

  1. #ed2e09
  2. #09ed2e
  3. #2e09ed

Tetradic

  1. #ed2e09
  2. #c8ed09
  3. #09c8ed
  4. #2e09ed

Square

  1. #ed2e09
  2. #56ed09
  3. #09c8ed
  4. #a009ed

Monochromatic

  1. #5a1103
  2. #a32006
  3. #ed2e09
  4. #f8674a
  5. #fba594

Shades

#ed2e09 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ed2e09
  2. #d52908
  3. #be2507
  4. #a62006
  5. #8e1c05
  6. #771705
  7. #5f1204
  8. #470e03
  9. #2f0902
  10. #180501
  11. #000000

Tints

#ed2e09 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ed2e09
  2. #ef4322
  3. #f1583a
  4. #f26d53
  5. #f4826b
  6. #f69784
  7. #f8ab9d
  8. #fac0b5
  9. #fbd5ce
  10. #fdeae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ed2e09 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ed2e09
  2. #e23615
  3. #d73e21
  4. #cc472d
  5. #c14f39
  6. #b75745
  7. #ac5f50
  8. #a1675c
  9. #967068
  10. #8b7874
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.2:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b46562 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e6100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c8a00 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff002b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b05100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c27100 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fc0021 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ed2e09 {
  color: #ed2e09;
}
Background
.bg-ed2e09 {
  background-color: #ed2e09;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ed2e09 {
  border: 2px solid #ed2e09;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ed2e09;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 46 9;
  --color-primary-hsl: 10 93% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ed2e09 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ed2e09, #eda009);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ed2e09 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 46 9 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 2.95 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.00 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.16 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.32 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.56 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.21 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 5.87 #12d1f6 Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#ed2e09  rgb(237, 46, 9)  hsl(10, 93%, 48%)  Candy Apple Red
#09c8ed  rgb(9, 200, 237)  hsl(190, 93%, 48%)  Sky Blue
#09ed2e  rgb(9, 237, 46)  hsl(130, 93%, 48%)  Lime
#2e09ed  rgb(46, 9, 237)  hsl(250, 93%, 48%)  Blue