Information about #E74F55 color

#E74F55 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#E74F55 falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(231, 79, 85) — 90.6% red, 31% green, 33.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 60 / 57 / 9. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #E74F55 reads as a strongly colored earthy red and has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Designers typically reach for tones like this for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Brilliant Red (#E75151). Slightly further away sit Valentine Red (#E55451) and Warm Red (#E6534E).

The recipe behind #E74F55 is rgb(231, 79, 85), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 5.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 3.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #E74F55 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#E74F55 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#E74F55 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#E74F55 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#A4161B

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Black

#000000

#E74F55 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#E74F55 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#E74F55 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#55E750
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#5055E7
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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#E7E250
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #E74F55

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Brilliant Red color link
Brilliant Red

#E75151

Valentine Red color link
Valentine Red

#E55451

Warm Red color link
Warm Red

#E6534E

Material Girl color link
Material Girl

#E85560

Brilliant Amaranth color link
Brilliant Amaranth

#E75164

Fire Opal color link
Fire Opal

#E95C4B

Lychee color link
Lychee

#DC5349

Pale Red color link
Pale Red

#D9544D

Google Chrome Red color link
Google Chrome Red

#DE5246

Rapture color link
Rapture

#F6484C

Desire color link
Desire

#EA3C53

Carmine Pink color link
Carmine Pink

#EB4C42

#E74F55 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E74F55
  • RGB231, 79, 85
  • CMYK0, 60, 57, 9
  • CSSrgb(231, 79, 85)
  • HSL358°, 76%, 61%
  • HSL Precise357.632°, 76%, 60.784%
  • HSV358°, 66%, 91%
  • HSB358°, 66%, 91%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.906
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.310
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.333
  • GLSLvec3(0.906, 0.310, 0.333)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.906, 0.310, 0.333, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.906, 0.310, 0.333)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB90.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB31%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB33.3%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDE74F55
  • DECIMAL ID15159125
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers21 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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