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#EE274E

#ee274e ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ee274e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 15.29% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 83.61% magenta, 67.23% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 348.24°, with 85.41% 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 5.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 1.91.

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Relative luminance0.2018

Complementary

  1. #ee274e
  2. #27eec7

Split complementary

  1. #ee274e
  2. #27ee63
  3. #27b1ee

Analogous

  1. #ee27b1
  2. #ee274e
  3. #ee6327

Triadic

  1. #ee274e
  2. #4eee27
  3. #274eee

Tetradic

  1. #ee274e
  2. #eec727
  3. #27eec7
  4. #274eee

Square

  1. #ee274e
  2. #b1ee27
  3. #27eec7
  4. #6327ee

Monochromatic

  1. #73091e
  2. #ba0f30
  3. #ee274e
  4. #f46e88
  5. #f9b5c2

Shades

#ee274e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee274e
  2. #d62346
  3. #be1f3e
  4. #a71b37
  5. #8f172f
  6. #771427
  7. #5f101f
  8. #470c17
  9. #300810
  10. #180408
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee274e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee274e
  2. #f03d60
  3. #f15271
  4. #f36883
  5. #f57d95
  6. #f793a7
  7. #f8a9b8
  8. #fabeca
  9. #fcd4dc
  10. #fde9ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee274e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee274e
  2. #e33053
  3. #d83958
  4. #cd425d
  5. #c24b62
  6. #b75467
  7. #ac5c6c
  8. #a16571
  9. #966e76
  10. #8b777b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b5656d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #67624e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #988b48 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0039 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae504e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c1704a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fc0042 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee274e {
  color: #ee274e;
}
Background
.bg-ee274e {
  background-color: #ee274e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee274e {
  border: 2px solid #ee274e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee274e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 39 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 348 85% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee274e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee274e, #ee6327);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee274e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 39 78 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 1.91 #ff004f Folly ΔE 2.63 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 5.43 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 5.87 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 6.17 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 6.56 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 6.91 #11d8b1 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Amaranth
#ee274e  rgb(238, 39, 78)  hsl(348, 85%, 54%)  Amaranth
#27eec7  rgb(39, 238, 199)  hsl(168, 85%, 54%)  Aquamarine
#4eee27  rgb(78, 238, 39)  hsl(108, 85%, 54%)  Neon Green
#274eee  rgb(39, 78, 238)  hsl(228, 85%, 54%)  Majorelle Blue