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#EE2802

#ee2802 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ee2802 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 15.69% green and 0.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 83.19% magenta, 99.16% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 9.66°, with 98.33% saturation and 47.06% 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 4.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 2.91.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.197

Complementary

  1. #ee2802
  2. #02c8ee

Split complementary

  1. #ee2802
  2. #02ee9e
  3. #0252ee

Analogous

  1. #ee0252
  2. #ee2802
  3. #ee9e02

Triadic

  1. #ee2802
  2. #02ee28
  3. #2802ee

Tetradic

  1. #ee2802
  2. #c8ee02
  3. #02c8ee
  4. #2802ee

Square

  1. #ee2802
  2. #52ee02
  3. #02c8ee
  4. #9e02ee

Monochromatic

  1. #560f01
  2. #a21b01
  3. #ee2802
  4. #fd5e3f
  5. #fe9e8b

Shades

#ee2802 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee2802
  2. #d62402
  3. #be2002
  4. #a71c01
  5. #8f1801
  6. #771401
  7. #5f1001
  8. #470c01
  9. #300800
  10. #180400
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee2802 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee2802
  2. #f03e1b
  3. #f15335
  4. #f3694e
  5. #f57e67
  6. #f79481
  7. #f8a99a
  8. #fabfb3
  9. #fcd4cc
  10. #fdeae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee2802 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee2802
  2. #e3310f
  3. #d83a1b
  4. #cd4228
  5. #c24b34
  6. #b75441
  7. #ac5d4e
  8. #a1665a
  9. #966e67
  10. #8b7773
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.25:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b56461 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6d5f00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c8a00 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0025 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b04f00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c27000 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fd001c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee2802 {
  color: #ee2802;
}
Background
.bg-ee2802 {
  background-color: #ee2802;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee2802 {
  border: 2px solid #ee2802;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee2802;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 40 2;
  --color-primary-hsl: 10 98% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee2802 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee2802, #ee9e02);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee2802 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 40 2 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 2.91 #ff0000 Red ΔE 2.94 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.25 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.44 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.76 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.28 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 6.26 #11d7fd Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#ee2802  rgb(238, 40, 2)  hsl(10, 98%, 47%)  Candy Apple Red
#02c8ee  rgb(2, 200, 238)  hsl(190, 98%, 47%)  Sky Blue
#02ee28  rgb(2, 238, 40)  hsl(130, 98%, 47%)  Lime
#2802ee  rgb(40, 2, 238)  hsl(250, 98%, 47%)  Blue