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#EA3003

#ea3003 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ea3003 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 91.76% red, 18.82% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 79.49% magenta, 98.72% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 11.69°, with 97.47% saturation and 46.47% 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 4.92:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 3.7.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.1961

Complementary

  1. #ea3003
  2. #03bdea

Split complementary

  1. #ea3003
  2. #03eaa4
  3. #0349ea

Analogous

  1. #ea0349
  2. #ea3003
  3. #eaa403

Triadic

  1. #ea3003
  2. #03ea30
  3. #3003ea

Tetradic

  1. #ea3003
  2. #bdea03
  3. #03bdea
  4. #3003ea

Square

  1. #ea3003
  2. #49ea03
  3. #03bdea
  4. #a403ea

Monochromatic

  1. #531101
  2. #9e2102
  3. #ea3003
  4. #fd623d
  5. #fd9f89

Shades

#ea3003 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ea3003
  2. #d32b03
  3. #bb2602
  4. #a42202
  5. #8c1d02
  6. #751802
  7. #5e1301
  8. #460e01
  9. #2f0a01
  10. #170500
  11. #000000

Tints

#ea3003 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ea3003
  2. #ec451c
  3. #ee5935
  4. #f06e4f
  5. #f28368
  6. #f59881
  7. #f7ac9a
  8. #f9c1b3
  9. #fbd6cd
  10. #fdeae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ea3003 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ea3003
  2. #df3810
  3. #d5401c
  4. #ca4829
  5. #c05035
  6. #b55842
  7. #aa604e
  8. #a0685b
  9. #957067
  10. #8b7874
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.27:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7a7a7a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b26560 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e6000 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9b8900 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff002b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae5100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c07000 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f90021 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ea3003 {
  color: #ea3003;
}
Background
.bg-ea3003 {
  background-color: #ea3003;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ea3003 {
  border: 2px solid #ea3003;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ea3003;
  --color-primary-rgb: 234 48 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 97% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ea3003 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ea3003, #eaa403);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ea3003 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(234 48 3 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.70 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.72 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.77 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.82 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.79 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.76 #cb410b Sinopia ΔE 5.84 #15cffc Inverted #7a7a7a Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#ea3003  rgb(234, 48, 3)  hsl(12, 97%, 46%)  Candy Apple Red
#03bdea  rgb(3, 189, 234)  hsl(192, 97%, 46%)  Deep Sky Blue
#03ea30  rgb(3, 234, 48)  hsl(132, 97%, 46%)  Lime
#3003ea  rgb(48, 3, 234)  hsl(252, 97%, 46%)  Blue