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#EE2804

#ee2804 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ee2804 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 1.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 83.19% magenta, 98.32% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 9.23°, with 96.69% saturation and 47.45% 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 2.84.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.197

Complementary

  1. #ee2804
  2. #04caee

Split complementary

  1. #ee2804
  2. #04ee9d
  3. #0455ee

Analogous

  1. #ee0455
  2. #ee2804
  3. #ee9d04

Triadic

  1. #ee2804
  2. #04ee28
  3. #2804ee

Tetradic

  1. #ee2804
  2. #caee04
  3. #04caee
  4. #2804ee

Square

  1. #ee2804
  2. #55ee04
  3. #04caee
  4. #9d04ee

Monochromatic

  1. #580f01
  2. #a31b03
  3. #ee2804
  4. #fc5f43
  5. #fd9f8e

Shades

#ee2804 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee2804
  2. #d62404
  3. #be2003
  4. #a71c03
  5. #8f1802
  6. #771402
  7. #5f1002
  8. #470c01
  9. #300801
  10. #180400
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee2804 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee2804
  2. #f03e1d
  3. #f15336
  4. #f3694f
  5. #f57e68
  6. #f79482
  7. #f8a99b
  8. #fabfb4
  9. #fcd4cd
  10. #fdeae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee2804 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee2804
  2. #e33110
  3. #d83a1d
  4. #cd4229
  5. #c24b36
  6. #b75442
  7. #ac5d4e
  8. #a1665b
  9. #966e67
  10. #8b7774
  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 #ff0026 ≈ 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-ee2804 {
  color: #ee2804;
}
Background
.bg-ee2804 {
  background-color: #ee2804;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee2804 {
  border: 2px solid #ee2804;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee2804;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 40 4;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 97% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee2804 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee2804, #ee9d04);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee2804 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 40 4 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 2.84 #ff0000 Red ΔE 2.86 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.25 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.45 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.82 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.09 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 6.08 #11d7fb Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#ee2804  rgb(238, 40, 4)  hsl(9, 97%, 47%)  Candy Apple Red
#04caee  rgb(4, 202, 238)  hsl(189, 97%, 47%)  Sky Blue
#04ee28  rgb(4, 238, 40)  hsl(129, 97%, 47%)  Lime
#2804ee  rgb(40, 4, 238)  hsl(249, 97%, 47%)  Blue