#EA4620

sRGB: 234 / 70 / 32

#EA4620 belongs to the red family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 234 red, 70 green and 32 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 11.3° lands in the red region. Its 82.8% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 52.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.40:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 234, 70, 32
HSL: 11.29°, 82.79%, 52.16%
HSV / HSB: 11.29°, 86.32%, 91.76%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 70.09%, 86.32%, 8.24%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 36.382, 21.980, 3.693
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 54.006, 61.290, 55.962
WCAG relative luminance: 0.21977
24-bit decimal: 15353376

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #EA4620 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 5.40:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text: 3.89:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#20C4EA sits half a turn (180°) from #EA4620 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#EA4620 #20C4EA

Analogous

#EA205F and #EAAB20 sit 30° to either side of #EA4620. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#EA205F #EA4620 #EAAB20

Triadic

#EA4620, #20EA46 and #4620EA are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#EA4620 #20EA46 #4620EA

Split complementary

Start at #EA4620 and look across the wheel. #20EAAB and #205FEA sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#EA4620 #20EAAB #205FEA

Square

Starting with #EA4620, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #5FEA20, #20C4EA, then #AB20EA. Across the square, #EA4620 pairs with #20C4EA, and #5FEA20 with #AB20EA.

#EA4620 #5FEA20 #20C4EA #AB20EA

Tetradic

#EA4620 and #20C4EA are opposites, as are #C4EA20 and #4620EA. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#EA4620 #C4EA20 #20C4EA #4620EA

Tints

Mixing #EA4620 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #EE6B4D, keeps 80% of the original. By #FBDAD2, the mixture is 80% white.

#EA4620 #EE6B4D #F29079 #F7B5A6 #FBDAD2 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #EA4620 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BB381A, keeps 80% of the original. By #2F0E06, the mixture is 80% black.

#EA4620 #BB381A #8C2A13 #5E1C0D #2F0E06 #000000

Tones

Mixing #EA4620 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D55233, keeps 80% of the original. By #95746D, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#EA4620 #D55233 #C05D46 #AA695A #95746D #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#EA4620

RGB

rgb(234 70 32)

HSL

hsl(11.287 82.787% 52.157%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #EA4620;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#EA4620 uses 234 red, 70 green and 32 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 91.8%

Green 27.5%

Blue 12.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #EA4620 is 0.0% cyan, 70.1% magenta, 86.3% yellow and 8.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 70.1%

Yellow 86.3%

Black 8.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #EE4422. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #E42 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #EA4620 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #FF3333, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #EE4422 Nearest web-safe: #FF3333

Gradient to complement

#EA4620 #C85B42 #A77063 #858585 #639AA7 #42AFC8 #20C4EA

Color vision previews

Compare how #EA4620 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#786A18

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#A08E14

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#FF0040

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#AD6515

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#B97B15

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#EC4231

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#818181

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#BF6960

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.82279 G 0.06125 B 0.01444

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.84755 G 0.32553 B 0.19524

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.68758 G 0.08652 B 0.03164

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.586 y 0.354 Y 21.980

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 8.235 M % 72.549 Y % 87.451

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11101010 01000110 00100000