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#E91C4E

#e91c4e ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e91c4e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.37% red, 10.98% green and 30.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 87.98% magenta, 66.52% yellow and 8.63% black. Its hue angle is 345.37°, with 82.33% saturation and 51.18% 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 4.74:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 0.98.

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Web safe#ff3366
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Relative luminance0.187

Complementary

  1. #e91c4e
  2. #1ce9b7

Split complementary

  1. #e91c4e
  2. #1ce951
  3. #1cb4e9

Analogous

  1. #e91cb4
  2. #e91c4e
  3. #e9511c

Triadic

  1. #e91c4e
  2. #4ee91c
  3. #1c4ee9

Tetradic

  1. #e91c4e
  2. #e9b71c
  3. #1ce9b7
  4. #1c4ee9

Square

  1. #e91c4e
  2. #b4e91c
  3. #1ce9b7
  4. #511ce9

Monochromatic

  1. #620a1f
  2. #a81035
  3. #e91c4e
  4. #f06284
  5. #f7a7bb

Shades

#e91c4e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e91c4e
  2. #d21946
  3. #ba163e
  4. #a31437
  5. #8c112f
  6. #750e27
  7. #5d0b1f
  8. #460817
  9. #2f0610
  10. #170308
  11. #000000

Tints

#e91c4e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e91c4e
  2. #eb3360
  3. #ed4971
  4. #f06083
  5. #f27795
  6. #f48ea7
  7. #f6a4b8
  8. #f8bbca
  9. #fbd2dc
  10. #fde8ed
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e91c4e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e91c4e
  2. #df2653
  3. #d43058
  4. #ca3a5d
  5. #bf4462
  6. #b54e67
  7. #aa586c
  8. #a06271
  9. #956c76
  10. #8b767b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1606a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #615d4e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #938648 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0035 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a94b4e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bc6b4a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f70040 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e91c4e {
  color: #e91c4e;
}
Background
.bg-e91c4e {
  background-color: #e91c4e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e91c4e {
  border: 2px solid #e91c4e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e91c4e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 233 28 78;
  --color-primary-hsl: 345 82% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e91c4e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e91c4e, #e9511c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e91c4e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(233 28 78 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 0.98 #ff004f Folly ΔE 4.02 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 4.65 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 5.16 #e30b5c Raspberry ΔE 5.25 #de3163 Cerise ΔE 5.61 #e0115f Ruby ΔE 6.26 #16e3b1 Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Amaranth
#e91c4e  rgb(233, 28, 78)  hsl(345, 82%, 51%)  Amaranth
#1ce9b7  rgb(28, 233, 183)  hsl(165, 82%, 51%)  Aquamarine
#4ee91c  rgb(78, 233, 28)  hsl(105, 82%, 51%)  Neon Green
#1c4ee9  rgb(28, 78, 233)  hsl(225, 82%, 51%)  Iris