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#EA4628 — Vivid Red

#EA4628 is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color Chocolate (#D2691E). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: chocolate (#D2691E) — not an exact match. CSS chocolate gives you #D2691E, a different color; use #EA4628 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.

#EA4628 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 #2ACDEA; it also sits naturally between #EA2A6D and #EAA72A. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EA4628 · RGB 234, 70, 40

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Color values

HEX#EA4628
RGB234, 70, 40
HSL9°, 82%, 54%
HSV9°, 83%, 92%
CMYK0%, 70%, 83%, 8%
XYZ36.50, 22.03, 4.33
Yxy22.03, 0.5807, 0.3504
CIE-Lab54.05, 61.49, 52.49
Hunter Lab46.93, 60.16, 25.78

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 92% · Green 27% · Blue 16%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 70% · Yellow 83% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EA4628 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EA4628 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EA4628

.text { color: #EA4628; }
.background { background-color: #EA4628; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EA4628; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(234, 70, 40); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(9, 82%, 54%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EA4628; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(234, 70, 40, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EA4628; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(234, 70, 40, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EA4628">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EA4628">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EA4628

#E33516#CC3014#B52A12#9E2510#87200D#6F1A0B#581509#410F06#2A0A04#130402

Tints of #EA4628

#EC563C#EE664F#F07B66#F28B78#F49B8B#F5AB9E#F7BBB0#F9CFC7#FBDFDA#FDEFEC

Tones of #EA4628

#DC5038#CF5944#C16353#B36D61#A5776F#98807C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #2ACDEA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.89:1 AA large only
Against black text5.41:1 AA

Best text color on #EA4628: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EA4628

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 #EA4628: ·

How #EA4628 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A3A22FDeuteranopia · #ADB931Tritanopia · #E23536

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:

Material Red 500 · #F44336Material Deep Orange 500 · #FF5722Tailwind red 500 · #EF4444

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EA4628 rather than the exact color:

Palette 134686
#134686 · #ED3F27 · #FEB21A · #FDF4E3
Wild Mosaic
#2E19A9 · #E0462B · #1ECD38 · #D9D3F4
Tender Orchard
#A81D4A · #DF462A · #C78311 · #B7CA1A
Palette E73f1e
#E73F1E · #FB6C00 · #F9B637 · #FFDD9C
Electric Ruby Monsoon
#263215 · #52FCA3 · #F73F2B · #FE4669
Palette 5eabd6
#5EABD6 · #FEFBC7 · #FFB4B4 · #E14434

Similar colors

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

#ED3F27#E0462B#DF462A#E73F1E#F73F2B#E14434#F64130#DD4530#ED5529#E6521F#E43F35#E6501B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EA4627  ·  #EA4629 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EA4628?

#EA4628 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 234, 70, 40). Its closest standard named color is Chocolate.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EA4628?

#EA4628 is RGB 234, 70, 40 — HSL 9°, 82%, 54% — CMYK 0%, 70%, 83%, 8%.

What colors go with #EA4628?

Its complement is #2ACDEA; analogous partners are #EA2A6D and #EAA72A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EA4628 for text?

Black text on #EA4628 has a contrast ratio of 5.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.89:1.