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#ED4E28

#ed4e28 ≈ Coquelicot

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ed4e28 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.94% red, 30.59% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 67.09% magenta, 83.12% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 11.57°, with 84.55% saturation and 54.31% 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 5.72:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Coquelicot (#ff3800), ΔE 3.87.

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Relative luminance0.2361

Complementary

  1. #ed4e28
  2. #28c7ed

Split complementary

  1. #ed4e28
  2. #28edb0
  3. #2864ed

Analogous

  1. #ed2864
  2. #ed4e28
  3. #edb028

Triadic

  1. #ed4e28
  2. #28ed4e
  3. #4e28ed

Tetradic

  1. #ed4e28
  2. #c7ed28
  3. #28c7ed
  4. #4e28ed

Square

  1. #ed4e28
  2. #64ed28
  3. #28c7ed
  4. #b028ed

Monochromatic

  1. #721e0a
  2. #b9300f
  3. #ed4e28
  4. #f3886f
  5. #f9c2b5

Shades

#ed4e28 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ed4e28
  2. #d54624
  3. #be3e20
  4. #a6371c
  5. #8e2f18
  6. #772714
  7. #5f1f10
  8. #47170c
  9. #2f1008
  10. #180804
  11. #000000

Tints

#ed4e28 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ed4e28
  2. #ef603e
  3. #f17153
  4. #f28369
  5. #f4957e
  6. #f6a794
  7. #f8b8a9
  8. #facabf
  9. #fbdcd4
  10. #fdedea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ed4e28 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ed4e28
  2. #e25331
  3. #d7583a
  4. #cc5d42
  5. #c1624b
  6. #b76754
  7. #ac6c5d
  8. #a17166
  9. #96766e
  10. #8b7b77
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.67:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.72:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b8736c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d6f21 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4921f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff1547 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b56324 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c67d23 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fc353d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ed4e28 {
  color: #ed4e28;
}
Background
.bg-ed4e28 {
  background-color: #ed4e28;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ed4e28 {
  border: 2px solid #ed4e28;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ed4e28;
  --color-primary-rgb: 237 78 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 85% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ed4e28 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ed4e28, #edb028);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ed4e28 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(237 78 40 / 0.35);
}

#ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 3.87 #e25822 Flame ΔE 3.93 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.22 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 4.39 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 4.49 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 4.99 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 5.38 #12b1d7 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Coquelicot
#ed4e28  rgb(237, 78, 40)  hsl(12, 85%, 54%)  Coquelicot
#28c7ed  rgb(40, 199, 237)  hsl(192, 85%, 54%)  Sky Blue
#28ed4e  rgb(40, 237, 78)  hsl(132, 85%, 54%)  Malachite
#4e28ed  rgb(78, 40, 237)  hsl(252, 85%, 54%)  Han Purple