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#E62637

#e62637 ≈ Cadmium Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e62637 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.2% red, 14.9% green and 21.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 83.48% magenta, 76.09% yellow and 9.8% black. Its hue angle is 354.69°, with 79.34% saturation and 52.55% 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 4.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cadmium Red (#e30022), ΔE 4.03.

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Web safe#ff3333
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Relative luminance0.1849

Complementary

  1. #e62637
  2. #26e6d5

Split complementary

  1. #e62637
  2. #26e675
  3. #2697e6

Analogous

  1. #e62697
  2. #e62637
  3. #e67526

Triadic

  1. #e62637
  2. #37e626
  3. #2637e6

Tetradic

  1. #e62637
  2. #e6d526
  3. #26e6d5
  4. #2637e6

Square

  1. #e62637
  2. #97e626
  3. #26e6d5
  4. #7526e6

Monochromatic

  1. #670c14
  2. #ac1421
  3. #e62637
  4. #ee6b76
  5. #f6afb5

Shades

#e62637 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e62637
  2. #cf2232
  3. #b81e2c
  4. #a11b27
  5. #8a1721
  6. #73131c
  7. #5c0f16
  8. #450b11
  9. #2e080b
  10. #170406
  11. #000000

Tints

#e62637 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e62637
  2. #e93c4b
  3. #eb515f
  4. #ee6773
  5. #f07d87
  6. #f3939b
  7. #f5a8af
  8. #f8bec3
  9. #fad4d7
  10. #fde9eb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e62637 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e62637
  2. #dc2f3e
  3. #d23846
  4. #c7414d
  5. #bd4a54
  6. #b3535c
  7. #a95c63
  8. #9f656a
  9. #946e71
  10. #8a7779
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #af6164 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #665d35 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #95862f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd002f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a94d36 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bb6c32 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f40033 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e62637 {
  color: #e62637;
}
Background
.bg-e62637 {
  background-color: #e62637;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e62637 {
  border: 2px solid #e62637;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e62637;
  --color-primary-rgb: 230 38 55;
  --color-primary-hsl: 355 79% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e62637 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e62637, #e67526);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e62637 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(230 38 55 / 0.35);
}

#e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 4.03 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 4.03 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 4.46 #cc3333 Persian Red ΔE 4.81 #e62020 Lust ΔE 4.93 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 5.02 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 5.02 #19d9c8 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Cadmium Red
#e62637  rgb(230, 38, 55)  hsl(355, 79%, 53%)  Cadmium Red
#26e6d5  rgb(38, 230, 213)  hsl(175, 79%, 53%)  Turquoise
#37e626  rgb(55, 230, 38)  hsl(115, 79%, 53%)  Lime
#2637e6  rgb(38, 55, 230)  hsl(235, 79%, 53%)  Han Purple