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#EE4E27

#ee4e27 ≈ Coquelicot

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ee4e27 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 30.59% green and 15.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 67.23% magenta, 83.61% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 11.76°, with 85.41% saturation and 54.31% 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 5.75:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Coquelicot (#ff3800), ΔE 3.68.

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Web safe#ff6633
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Relative luminance0.2377

Complementary

  1. #ee4e27
  2. #27c7ee

Split complementary

  1. #ee4e27
  2. #27eeb1
  3. #2763ee

Analogous

  1. #ee2763
  2. #ee4e27
  3. #eeb127

Triadic

  1. #ee4e27
  2. #27ee4e
  3. #4e27ee

Tetradic

  1. #ee4e27
  2. #c7ee27
  3. #27c7ee
  4. #4e27ee

Square

  1. #ee4e27
  2. #63ee27
  3. #27c7ee
  4. #b127ee

Monochromatic

  1. #731e09
  2. #ba300f
  3. #ee4e27
  4. #f4886e
  5. #f9c2b5

Shades

#ee4e27 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee4e27
  2. #d64623
  3. #be3e1f
  4. #a7371b
  5. #8f2f17
  6. #772714
  7. #5f1f10
  8. #47170c
  9. #301008
  10. #180804
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee4e27 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee4e27
  2. #f0603d
  3. #f17152
  4. #f38368
  5. #f5957d
  6. #f7a793
  7. #f8b8a9
  8. #facabe
  9. #fcdcd4
  10. #fdede9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee4e27 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee4e27
  2. #e35330
  3. #d85839
  4. #cd5d42
  5. #c2624b
  6. #b76754
  7. #ac6c5c
  8. #a17165
  9. #96766e
  10. #8b7b77
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9746c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7d6f20 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5931e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff1447 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b66423 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c67d22 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fd343c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee4e27 {
  color: #ee4e27;
}
Background
.bg-ee4e27 {
  background-color: #ee4e27;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee4e27 {
  border: 2px solid #ee4e27;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee4e27;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 78 39;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 85% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee4e27 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee4e27, #eeb127);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee4e27 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 78 39 / 0.35);
}

#ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 3.68 #e25822 Flame ΔE 3.85 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.13 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 4.24 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 4.32 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 4.75 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 5.38 #11b1d8 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Coquelicot
#ee4e27  rgb(238, 78, 39)  hsl(12, 85%, 54%)  Coquelicot
#27c7ee  rgb(39, 199, 238)  hsl(192, 85%, 54%)  Deep Sky Blue
#27ee4e  rgb(39, 238, 78)  hsl(132, 85%, 54%)  Malachite
#4e27ee  rgb(78, 39, 238)  hsl(252, 85%, 54%)  Han Purple