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#EE052E

#ee052e ≈ Cadmium Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ee052e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 1.96% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 97.9% magenta, 80.67% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 349.44°, with 95.88% saturation and 47.65% 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 4.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cadmium Red (#e30022), ΔE 3.19.

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Relative luminance0.1848

Complementary

  1. #ee052e
  2. #05eec5

Split complementary

  1. #ee052e
  2. #05ee50
  3. #05a3ee

Analogous

  1. #ee05a3
  2. #ee052e
  3. #ee5005

Triadic

  1. #ee052e
  2. #2eee05
  3. #052eee

Tetradic

  1. #ee052e
  2. #eec505
  3. #05eec5
  4. #052eee

Square

  1. #ee052e
  2. #a3ee05
  3. #05eec5
  4. #5005ee

Monochromatic

  1. #580211
  2. #a30320
  3. #ee052e
  4. #fb4465
  5. #fd8fa3

Shades

#ee052e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee052e
  2. #d60529
  3. #be0425
  4. #a70420
  5. #8f031c
  6. #770317
  7. #5f0212
  8. #47020e
  9. #300109
  10. #180105
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee052e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee052e
  2. #f01e43
  3. #f13758
  4. #f3506d
  5. #f56982
  6. #f78297
  7. #f89bab
  8. #fab4c0
  9. #fccdd5
  10. #fde6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee052e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee052e
  2. #e31136
  3. #d81e3e
  4. #cd2a47
  5. #c2364f
  6. #b74357
  7. #ac4f5f
  8. #a15b67
  9. #966770
  10. #8b7478
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b35e62 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #645a2c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #978723 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff001f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad462d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c06b28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fd0026 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee052e {
  color: #ee052e;
}
Background
.bg-ee052e {
  background-color: #ee052e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee052e {
  border: 2px solid #ee052e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee052e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 5 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 96% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee052e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee052e, #ee5005);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee052e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 5 46 / 0.35);
}

#e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 3.19 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 3.43 #e62020 Lust ΔE 4.03 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 5.16 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 5.16 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 5.56 #cc3333 Persian Red ΔE 5.72 #11fad1 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Cadmium Red
#ee052e  rgb(238, 5, 46)  hsl(349, 96%, 48%)  Cadmium Red
#05eec5  rgb(5, 238, 197)  hsl(169, 96%, 48%)  Aquamarine
#2eee05  rgb(46, 238, 5)  hsl(109, 96%, 48%)  Lime
#052eee  rgb(5, 46, 238)  hsl(229, 96%, 48%)  Blue