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#EE2B00

#ee2b00 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ee2b00 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 16.86% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 81.93% magenta, 100% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 10.84°, with 100% saturation and 46.67% 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 4.98:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 3.06.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.199

Complementary

  1. #ee2b00
  2. #00c3ee

Split complementary

  1. #ee2b00
  2. #00eea2
  3. #004cee

Analogous

  1. #ee004c
  2. #ee2b00
  3. #eea200

Triadic

  1. #ee2b00
  2. #00ee2b
  3. #2b00ee

Tetradic

  1. #ee2b00
  2. #c3ee00
  3. #00c3ee
  4. #2b00ee

Square

  1. #ee2b00
  2. #4cee00
  3. #00c3ee
  4. #a200ee

Monochromatic

  1. #550f00
  2. #a21d00
  3. #ee2b00
  4. #ff5f3c
  5. #ff9e88

Shades

#ee2b00 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee2b00
  2. #d62700
  3. #be2200
  4. #a71e00
  5. #8f1a00
  6. #771600
  7. #5f1100
  8. #470d00
  9. #300900
  10. #180400
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee2b00 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee2b00
  2. #f0401a
  3. #f15533
  4. #f36b4d
  5. #f58066
  6. #f79580
  7. #f8aa99
  8. #fabfb3
  9. #fcd5cc
  10. #fdeae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee2b00 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee2b00
  2. #e3340d
  3. #d83c1a
  4. #cd4526
  5. #c24d33
  6. #b75640
  7. #ac5e4d
  8. #a1675a
  9. #966f66
  10. #8b7873
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.98:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b56561 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e6000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9d8a00 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0027 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b05000 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c37000 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fd001d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee2b00 {
  color: #ee2b00;
}
Background
.bg-ee2b00 {
  background-color: #ee2b00;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee2b00 {
  border: 2px solid #ee2b00;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee2b00;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 43 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 100% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee2b00 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee2b00, #eea200);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee2b00 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 43 0 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.06 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.13 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.13 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.27 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.42 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.76 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 6.09 #11d4ff Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#ee2b00  rgb(238, 43, 0)  hsl(11, 100%, 47%)  Candy Apple Red
#00c3ee  rgb(0, 195, 238)  hsl(191, 100%, 47%)  Deep Sky Blue
#00ee2b  rgb(0, 238, 43)  hsl(131, 100%, 47%)  Lime
#2b00ee  rgb(43, 0, 238)  hsl(251, 100%, 47%)  Blue