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#EA331E — Vivid Red

#EA331E 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 #EA331E 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.

#EA331E 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 #1FD6EA; it also sits naturally between #EA1F70 and #EA991F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA331E · RGB 234, 51, 30

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Color values

HEX#EA331E
RGB234, 51, 30
HSL6°, 83%, 52%
HSV6°, 87%, 92%
CMYK0%, 78%, 87%, 8%
XYZ35.35, 19.95, 3.22
Yxy19.95, 0.6041, 0.3410
CIE-Lab51.78, 67.40, 55.04
Hunter Lab44.67, 66.51, 25.51

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 20% · Blue 12%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 78% · Yellow 87% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA331E on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA331E on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA331E

.text { color: #EA331E; }
.background { background-color: #EA331E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA331E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 51, 30); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 83%, 52%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA331E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 51, 30, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA331E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 51, 30, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA331E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA331E">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA331E

#DB2814#C42412#B12110#9A1C0E#83180C#6B140A#540F08#410C06#2A0804#130302

Tints of #EA331E

#EC4432#EE5A49#F06A5C#F28073#F49186#F5A298#F8B7B0#F9C8C2#FCDDDA#FDEEEC

Tones of #EA331E

#DC3F2E#CD4B3C#BE574B#B16159#A26D67#937976

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1FD6EA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.21:1 AA large only
Against black text4.99:1 AA

Best text color on #EA331E: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA331E

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 #EA331E: ·

How #EA331E looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9B9923Deuteranopia · #A5B324Tritanopia · #E12728

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 · #DC2626Material Red 500 · #F44336Tailwind orange 600 · #EA580C

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA331E rather than the exact color:

Palette Fcef91
#FCEF91 · #FB9E3A · #E6521F · #EA2F14
Serene Mosaic
#B5157C · #E63428 · #EDCD64 · #CAF39E
Palette Df301c
#DF301C · #FF9100 · #FFF1D1 · #00B7CD
Palette E73f1e
#E73F1E · #FB6C00 · #F9B637 · #FFDD9C
Velvet Ruby Breeze
#8A1F1A · #F6331A · #F76C58 · #EFD9BD
Dreamy Ruby Orchard
#12BFD2 · #69C6F2 · #EB2A15 · #F4C3B4

Similar colors

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

#EA2F14#E63428#DF301C#E73F1E#F6331A#EB2A15#E72929#ED3F27#E62727#DE3D1F#DB2D20#F62E14

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA331D  ·  #EA331F →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA331E?

#EA331E is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 234, 51, 30). Its closest standard named color is OrangeRed.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA331E?

#EA331E is RGB 234, 51, 30 — HSL 6°, 83%, 52% — CMYK 0%, 78%, 87%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA331E?

Its complement is #1FD6EA; analogous partners are #EA1F70 and #EA991F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA331E for text?

Black text on #EA331E has a contrast ratio of 4.99:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.21:1.