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#EA2F03 — Vivid Red

#EA2F03 is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color OrangeRed (#FF4500). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orangered (#FF4500) — not an exact match. CSS orangered gives you #FF4500, a different color; use #EA2F03 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.

#EA2F03 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 #04BDE7; it also sits naturally between #E7044C and #E79F04. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA2F03 · RGB 234, 47, 3

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Color values

HEX#EA2F03
RGB234, 47, 3
HSL11°, 97%, 46%
HSV11°, 99%, 92%
CMYK0%, 80%, 99%, 8%
XYZ34.96, 19.53, 2.01
Yxy19.53, 0.6187, 0.3456
CIE-Lab51.30, 68.16, 63.15
Hunter Lab44.20, 67.29, 26.82

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 18% · Blue 1%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 80% · Yellow 99% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA2F03 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA2F03 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA2F03

.text { color: #EA2F03; }
.background { background-color: #EA2F03; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA2F03; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 47, 3); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(11, 97%, 46%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA2F03; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 47, 3, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA2F03; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 47, 3, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA2F03">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA2F03">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA2F03

#D32903#BF2503#A62003#921D02#7E1902#691502#551101#3C0C01#280801#140400

Tints of #EA2F03

#FB3509#FC4A22#FC5E3B#FC7354#FD886D#FD9C86#FEB1A0#FEC5B9#FEDAD2#FFEFEB

Tones of #EA2F03

#D73814#C64224#B64C35#A75644#966054#866B65

Color harmonies

Complementary — #04BDE7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.28:1 AA large only
Against black text4.91:1 AA

Best text color on #EA2F03: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA2F03

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #EA2F03: ·

How #EA2F03 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #99970EDeuteranopia · #A4B210Tritanopia · #E11618

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:

Tailwind red 600 · #DC2626Tailwind orange 600 · #EA580CMaterial Deep Orange 500 · #FF5722

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA2F03 rather than the exact color:

Palette 093fb4
#093FB4 · #FFFCFB · #FFD8D8 · #ED3500
Palette 00bcd4
#00BCD4 · #B2EBF2 · #FF5722 · #DD2C00
Sunset Boulevard
#6A040F · #DC2F02 · #F48C06 · #FFBA08
Honey Ruby Canyon
#86271F · #E82710 · #EA9560 · #EAC192
Hidden Drift
#BA130E · #E02206 · #F16344 · #E9C1A0
Palette Fcef91
#FCEF91 · #FB9E3A · #E6521F · #EA2F14

Similar colors

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

#ED3500#DD2C00#DC2F02#E82710#E02206#EA2F14#EB2A15#FA360A#F62E14#F93910#DB3E10#E84115

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA2F02  ·  #EA2F04 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA2F03?

#EA2F03 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 234, 47, 3). Its closest standard named color is OrangeRed.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA2F03?

#EA2F03 is RGB 234, 47, 3 — HSL 11°, 97%, 46% — CMYK 0%, 80%, 99%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA2F03?

Its complement is #04BDE7; analogous partners are #E7044C and #E79F04. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA2F03 for text?

Black text on #EA2F03 has a contrast ratio of 4.91:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.28:1.