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#EA2545

#ea2545 ≈ Amaranth

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea2545 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 14.51% green and 27.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 84.19% magenta, 70.51% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 350.25°, with 82.43% saturation and 53.14% 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 4.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Amaranth (#e52b50), ΔE 3.03.

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Web safe#ff3333
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Relative luminance0.1925

Complementary

  1. #ea2545
  2. #25eaca

Split complementary

  1. #ea2545
  2. #25ea67
  3. #25a8ea

Analogous

  1. #ea25a8
  2. #ea2545
  3. #ea6725

Triadic

  1. #ea2545
  2. #45ea25
  3. #2545ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea2545
  2. #eaca25
  3. #25eaca
  4. #2545ea

Square

  1. #ea2545
  2. #a8ea25
  3. #25eaca
  4. #6725ea

Monochromatic

  1. #6c0a1a
  2. #b1112b
  3. #ea2545
  4. #f16b81
  5. #f7b1bc

Shades

#ea2545 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea2545
  2. #d3213e
  3. #bb1e37
  4. #a41a30
  5. #8c1629
  6. #751323
  7. #5e0f1c
  8. #460b15
  9. #2f070e
  10. #170407
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea2545 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea2545
  2. #ec3b58
  3. #ee516a
  4. #f0667d
  5. #f27c8f
  6. #f592a2
  7. #f7a8b5
  8. #f9bec7
  9. #fbd3da
  10. #fde9ec
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea2545 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea2545
  2. #df2e4b
  3. #d53751
  4. #ca4057
  5. #c0495d
  6. #b55363
  7. #aa5c68
  8. #a0656e
  9. #956e74
  10. #8b777a
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b26268 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #665f44 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #96883e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0034 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ab4e45 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bd6e41 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8003c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea2545 {
  color: #ea2545;
}
Background
.bg-ea2545 {
  background-color: #ea2545;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea2545 {
  border: 2px solid #ea2545;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea2545;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 37 69;
  --color-primary-hsl: 350 82% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea2545 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea2545, #ea6725);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea2545 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 37 69 / 0.35);
}

#e52b50 Amaranth ΔE 3.03 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 3.94 #ff004f Folly ΔE 4.13 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 5.24 #cb4154 Brick Red ΔE 6.37 #cc3333 Persian Red ΔE 7.06 #e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 7.36 #15daba Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Amaranth
#ea2545  rgb(234, 37, 69)  hsl(350, 82%, 53%)  Amaranth
#25eaca  rgb(37, 234, 202)  hsl(170, 82%, 53%)  Turquoise
#45ea25  rgb(69, 234, 37)  hsl(110, 82%, 53%)  Neon Green
#2545ea  rgb(37, 69, 234)  hsl(230, 82%, 53%)  Iris