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#E42E4E

#e42e4e ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#e42e4e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 89.41% red, 18.04% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 79.82% magenta, 65.79% yellow and 10.59% black. Its hue angle is 349.45°, with 77.12% saturation and 53.73% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.8:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 0.77.

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Relative luminance0.19

Complementary

  1. #e42e4e
  2. #2ee4c4

Split complementary

  1. #e42e4e
  2. #2ee469
  3. #2ea9e4

Analogous

  1. #e42ea9
  2. #e42e4e
  3. #e4692e

Triadic

  1. #e42e4e
  2. #4ee42e
  3. #2e4ee4

Tetradic

  1. #e42e4e
  2. #e4c42e
  3. #2ee4c4
  4. #2e4ee4

Square

  1. #e42e4e
  2. #a9e42e
  3. #2ee4c4
  4. #692ee4

Monochromatic

  1. #6b0e1e
  2. #af1731
  3. #e42e4e
  4. #ed7287
  5. #f6b6c1

Shades

#e42e4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e42e4e
  2. #cd2946
  3. #b6253e
  4. #a02037
  5. #891c2f
  6. #721727
  7. #5b121f
  8. #440e17
  9. #2e0910
  10. #170508
  11. #000000

Tints

#e42e4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e42e4e
  2. #e74360
  3. #e95871
  4. #ec6d83
  5. #ef8295
  6. #f297a7
  7. #f4abb8
  8. #f7c0ca
  9. #fad5dc
  10. #fceaed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e42e4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e42e4e
  2. #da3653
  3. #d03e58
  4. #c6475d
  5. #bc4f62
  6. #b25767
  7. #a85f6c
  8. #9e6771
  9. #947076
  10. #8a787b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.38:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ae636a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #65604e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #938649 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fa003c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8514e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b96e4b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f20044 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e42e4e {
  color: #e42e4e;
}
Background
.bg-e42e4e {
  background-color: #e42e4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e42e4e {
  border: 2px solid #e42e4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e42e4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 228 46 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 349 77% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e42e4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e42e4e, #e4692e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e42e4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(228 46 78 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 0.77 #ff004f Folly ΔE 4.31 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 4.39 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 4.53 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 6.16 #e30b5c Raspberry ΔE 6.25 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 7.08 #1bd1b1 Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Amaranth
#e42e4e  rgb(228, 46, 78)  hsl(349, 77%, 54%)  Amaranth
#2ee4c4  rgb(46, 228, 196)  hsl(169, 77%, 54%)  Turquoise
#4ee42e  rgb(78, 228, 46)  hsl(109, 77%, 54%)  Malachite
#2e4ee4  rgb(46, 78, 228)  hsl(229, 77%, 54%)  Iris