#e8240a

Color #e8240a

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Orange Red #ff4500 · ΔE 11.55 Nearest Tailwind class red-600 #e7000b · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#e8240a

RGB

rgb(232, 36, 10)

HSL

hsl(7, 91.7%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7, 95.7%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 84.5%, 95.7%, 9%)

LAB

lab(50.03, 70.21, 60.57)

LCH

lch(50.03, 92.73, 40.78)

OKLCH

oklch(59.6%, 0.2288, 30.78)

HWB

hwb(7, 3.9%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0acee8

Analogous

#e80a5f

#e8240a

#e8930a

Triadic

#e8240a

#0ae824

#240ae8

Split-complementary

#e8240a

#0ae893

#0a5fe8

Tetradic

#e8240a

#cee80a

#0acee8

#240ae8

Square

#e8240a

#5fe80a

#0acee8

#930ae8

Shades

Color #e8240a mixed toward black.

#c11e08

#9b1807

#741205

#4d0c03

#270602

Tints

Color #e8240a mixed toward white.

#f64129

#f86754

#f98d7f

#fbb3a9

#fdd9d4

Tones

Color #e8240a mixed toward gray.

#d6321d

#c3402f

#b14f42

#9e5d54

#8c6b67

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b413 · ΔE 52.2

Deuteranopia

#bdc715 · ΔE 57.5

Tritanopia

#e31819 · ΔE 3.4

Achromatopsia

#777777 · ΔE 30.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e8240a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e8240a]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#e8240a (#e8240a) is rgb(232, 36, 10) in RGB.

No, #e8240a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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