Palettes / Colors / #EA0100

#EA0100 — Vivid Red

#EA0100 is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color Red (#FF0000). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: red (#FF0000) — not an exact match. CSS red gives you #FF0000, a different color; use #EA0100 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#EA0100 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #00EBEB; it also sits naturally between #EB0075 and #EB7500. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 0% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 100% · Key 8%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #EA0100

.text { color: #EA0100; }
.background { background-color: #EA0100; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA0100; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 1, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 100%, 46%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA0100; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 1, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA0100; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 1, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA0100">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA0100">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA0100

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Tones of #EA0100

Color harmonies

Complementary — #00EBEB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #EA0100: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA0100

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #EA0100 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA0100 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA00FF  ·  #EA0101 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA0100?

#EA0100 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 234, 1, 0). Its closest standard named color is Red.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA0100?

#EA0100 is RGB 234, 1, 0 — HSL 0°, 100%, 46% — CMYK 0%, 100%, 100%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA0100?

Its complement is #00EBEB; analogous partners are #EB0075 and #EB7500. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA0100 for text?

White text on #EA0100 has a contrast ratio of 4.66:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 4.50:1.