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#EE2E00

#ee2e00 ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ee2e00 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 18.04% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 80.67% magenta, 100% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 11.6°, 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 5.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Scarlet (#ff2400), ΔE 3.04.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.2013

Complementary

  1. #ee2e00
  2. #00c0ee

Split complementary

  1. #ee2e00
  2. #00eea5
  3. #0049ee

Analogous

  1. #ee0049
  2. #ee2e00
  3. #eea500

Triadic

  1. #ee2e00
  2. #00ee2e
  3. #2e00ee

Tetradic

  1. #ee2e00
  2. #c0ee00
  3. #00c0ee
  4. #2e00ee

Square

  1. #ee2e00
  2. #49ee00
  3. #00c0ee
  4. #a500ee

Monochromatic

  1. #551000
  2. #a21f00
  3. #ee2e00
  4. #ff613c
  5. #ff9f88

Shades

#ee2e00 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee2e00
  2. #d62900
  3. #be2500
  4. #a72000
  5. #8f1c00
  6. #771700
  7. #5f1200
  8. #470e00
  9. #300900
  10. #180500
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee2e00 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee2e00
  2. #f0431a
  3. #f15833
  4. #f36d4d
  5. #f58266
  6. #f79780
  7. #f8ab99
  8. #fac0b3
  9. #fcd5cc
  10. #fdeae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee2e00 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee2e00
  2. #e3360d
  3. #d83e1a
  4. #cd4726
  5. #c24f33
  6. #b75740
  7. #ac5f4d
  8. #a1675a
  9. #967066
  10. #8b7873
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b56661 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f6100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9d8b00 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff002a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b15100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c37100 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fd001f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee2e00 {
  color: #ee2e00;
}
Background
.bg-ee2e00 {
  background-color: #ee2e00;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee2e00 {
  border: 2px solid #ee2e00;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee2e00;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 46 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 100% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee2e00 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee2e00, #eea500);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee2e00 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 46 0 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.04 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.14 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.18 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.28 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.14 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 5.75 #e62020 Lust ΔE 6.08 #11d1ff Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Scarlet
#ee2e00  rgb(238, 46, 0)  hsl(12, 100%, 47%)  Scarlet
#00c0ee  rgb(0, 192, 238)  hsl(192, 100%, 47%)  Deep Sky Blue
#00ee2e  rgb(0, 238, 46)  hsl(132, 100%, 47%)  Lime
#2e00ee  rgb(46, 0, 238)  hsl(252, 100%, 47%)  Blue