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#EE4F28

#ee4f28 ≈ Coquelicot

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ee4f28 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 30.98% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 66.81% magenta, 83.19% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 11.82°, with 85.34% saturation and 54.51% 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 5.78:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Coquelicot (#ff3800), ΔE 3.77.

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Relative luminance0.2392

Complementary

  1. #ee4f28
  2. #28c7ee

Split complementary

  1. #ee4f28
  2. #28eeb2
  3. #2864ee

Analogous

  1. #ee2864
  2. #ee4f28
  3. #eeb228

Triadic

  1. #ee4f28
  2. #28ee4f
  3. #4f28ee

Tetradic

  1. #ee4f28
  2. #c7ee28
  3. #28c7ee
  4. #4f28ee

Square

  1. #ee4f28
  2. #64ee28
  3. #28c7ee
  4. #b228ee

Monochromatic

  1. #741e09
  2. #bb310f
  3. #ee4f28
  4. #f4896f
  5. #f9c3b6

Shades

#ee4f28 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ee4f28
  2. #d64724
  3. #be3f20
  4. #a7371c
  5. #8f2f18
  6. #772814
  7. #5f2010
  8. #47180c
  9. #301008
  10. #180804
  11. #000000

Tints

#ee4f28 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ee4f28
  2. #f0613e
  3. #f17253
  4. #f38469
  5. #f5957e
  6. #f7a794
  7. #f8b9a9
  8. #facabf
  9. #fcdcd4
  10. #fdedea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ee4f28 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ee4f28
  2. #e35431
  3. #d8593a
  4. #cd5e42
  5. #c2634b
  6. #b76854
  7. #ac6c5d
  8. #a17166
  9. #96766e
  10. #8b7b77
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.63:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b9746d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7e7021 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5931f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff1848 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b66424 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c67e23 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fd363d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ee4f28 {
  color: #ee4f28;
}
Background
.bg-ee4f28 {
  background-color: #ee4f28;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ee4f28 {
  border: 2px solid #ee4f28;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ee4f28;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 79 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 85% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ee4f28 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ee4f28, #eeb228);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ee4f28 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 79 40 / 0.35);
}

#ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 3.77 #e25822 Flame ΔE 3.82 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 4.26 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.27 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 4.46 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 4.75 #ff4f00 International Orange ΔE 5.39 #11b0d7 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Coquelicot
#ee4f28  rgb(238, 79, 40)  hsl(12, 85%, 55%)  Coquelicot
#28c7ee  rgb(40, 199, 238)  hsl(192, 85%, 55%)  Deep Sky Blue
#28ee4f  rgb(40, 238, 79)  hsl(132, 85%, 55%)  Malachite
#4f28ee  rgb(79, 40, 238)  hsl(252, 85%, 55%)  Han Purple