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#EE2A04

#ee2a04 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ee2a04 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 16.47% green and 1.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 82.35% magenta, 98.32% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 9.74°, 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 4.97:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 2.86.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.1984

Complementary

  1. #ee2a04
  2. #04c8ee

Split complementary

  1. #ee2a04
  2. #04ee9f
  3. #0453ee

Analogous

  1. #ee0453
  2. #ee2a04
  3. #ee9f04

Triadic

  1. #ee2a04
  2. #04ee2a
  3. #2a04ee

Tetradic

  1. #ee2a04
  2. #c8ee04
  3. #04c8ee
  4. #2a04ee

Square

  1. #ee2a04
  2. #53ee04
  3. #04c8ee
  4. #9f04ee

Monochromatic

  1. #580f01
  2. #a31d03
  3. #ee2a04
  4. #fc6143
  5. #fda08e

Shades

#ee2a04 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee2a04
  2. #d62604
  3. #be2203
  4. #a71d03
  5. #8f1902
  6. #771502
  7. #5f1102
  8. #470d01
  9. #300801
  10. #180400
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee2a04 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee2a04
  2. #f03f1d
  3. #f15536
  4. #f36a4f
  5. #f57f68
  6. #f79582
  7. #f8aa9b
  8. #fabfb4
  9. #fcd4cd
  10. #fdeae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee2a04 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee2a04
  2. #e33310
  3. #d83b1d
  4. #cd4429
  5. #c24c36
  6. #b75542
  7. #ac5e4e
  8. #a1665b
  9. #966f67
  10. #8b7774
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.23:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.97:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b56461 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6d6000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c8a00 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0027 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b04f00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c27000 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fd001e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee2a04 {
  color: #ee2a04;
}
Background
.bg-ee2a04 {
  background-color: #ee2a04;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee2a04 {
  border: 2px solid #ee2a04;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee2a04;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 42 4;
  --color-primary-hsl: 10 97% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee2a04 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee2a04, #ee9f04);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee2a04 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 42 4 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 2.86 #ff0000 Red ΔE 2.90 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.15 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.33 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.62 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.29 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 6.15 #11d5fb Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#ee2a04  rgb(238, 42, 4)  hsl(10, 97%, 47%)  Candy Apple Red
#04c8ee  rgb(4, 200, 238)  hsl(190, 97%, 47%)  Sky Blue
#04ee2a  rgb(4, 238, 42)  hsl(130, 97%, 47%)  Lime
#2a04ee  rgb(42, 4, 238)  hsl(250, 97%, 47%)  Blue