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#DB072A

#db072a ≈ Fire Engine Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#db072a is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 85.88% red, 2.75% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 96.8% magenta, 80.82% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 350.09°, with 93.81% saturation and 44.31% 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. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.15:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Fire Engine Red (#ce2029), ΔE 2.3.

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Web safe#cc0033
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Relative luminance0.1538

Complementary

  1. #db072a
  2. #07dbb8

Split complementary

  1. #db072a
  2. #07db4e
  3. #0794db

Analogous

  1. #db0794
  2. #db072a
  3. #db4e07

Triadic

  1. #db072a
  2. #2adb07
  3. #072adb

Tetradic

  1. #db072a
  2. #dbb807
  3. #07dbb8
  4. #072adb

Square

  1. #db072a
  2. #94db07
  3. #07dbb8
  4. #4e07db

Monochromatic

  1. #47020e
  2. #91051c
  3. #db072a
  4. #f93656
  5. #fb8094

Shades

#db072a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #db072a
  2. #c50626
  3. #af0622
  4. #99051d
  5. #830419
  6. #6e0415
  7. #580311
  8. #42020d
  9. #2c0108
  10. #160104
  11. #000000

Tints

#db072a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #db072a
  2. #df203f
  3. #e23955
  4. #e6516a
  5. #e96a7f
  6. #ed8395
  7. #f19caa
  8. #f4b5bf
  9. #f8cdd4
  10. #fbe6ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#db072a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #db072a
  2. #d21333
  3. #c91f3b
  4. #c02b44
  5. #b7374c
  6. #ae4455
  7. #a4505e
  8. #9b5c66
  9. #92686f
  10. #897477
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 4.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #6d6d6d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5565a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #5b5228 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8b7c20 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f2001c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9f4029 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b16224 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #e90022 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-db072a {
  color: #db072a;
}
Background
.bg-db072a {
  background-color: #db072a;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-db072a {
  border: 2px solid #db072a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #db072a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 219 7 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 350 94% 44%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-db072a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #db072a, #db4e07);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-db072a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(219 7 42 / 0.35);
}

#ce2029 Fire Engine Red ΔE 2.30 #e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 2.63 #cf1020 Lava ΔE 3.08 #cc3333 Persian Red ΔE 3.14 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 4.23 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.19 #c80815 Venetian Red ΔE 5.47 #24f8d5 Inverted #6d6d6d Grayscale 

Fire Engine Red
#db072a  rgb(219, 7, 42)  hsl(350, 94%, 44%)  Fire Engine Red
#07dbb8  rgb(7, 219, 184)  hsl(170, 94%, 44%)  Medium Aquamarine
#2adb07  rgb(42, 219, 7)  hsl(110, 94%, 44%)  Lime Green
#072adb  rgb(7, 42, 219)  hsl(230, 94%, 44%)  Blue