Medium Candy Apple Red (#E2062C)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

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Best text color: #FFFFFF
Contrast vs white: 4.89:1 — vs black: 4.30:1

Color values

  • HEX #E2062C
  • RGB rgb(226, 6, 44)
  • HSL hsl(349, 94%, 45%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 0, 97, 81, 11 )
  • Websafe #CC0033
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Tags

Mood

Energetic (215) Bold (205)

Style

Vivid (210) Warm (180)

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Accent (185)

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #E2062C based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Medium Candy Apple Red
#E2062C Base
#06E2BC
Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Medium Candy Apple Red
#E2062C Base
#E2069A
#E24E06
Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Medium Candy Apple Red
#E2062C Base
#2CE206
#062CE2
Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Medium Candy Apple Red
#E2062C Base
#06E24E
#069AE2
Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Medium Candy Apple Red
#E2062C Base
#9AE206
#06E2BC
#4E06E2
Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Medium Candy Apple Red
#E2062C Base
#4D020F
#97041D
#BA0524
#F9183F
#FA3B5C
#FC859A
Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Medium Candy Apple Red, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

— #190105
— #41020D
— #690315
— #92041C
— #BA0524
Medium Candy Apple Red #E2062C Base
— #F92147
— #FA5370
— #FC8499
— #FDB5C1
— #FEE6EA
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #E2062C. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties 
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #E2062C;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #E2062C;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #E2062C;
}
CSS Gradient 
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #E2062C,
        #06E2BC
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #E2062C,
        #06E2BC
    );
}
SCSS Variable 
// SCSS variable
$medium-candy-apple-red: #E2062C;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$medium-candy-apple-red-r: 226;
$medium-candy-apple-red-g: 6;
$medium-candy-apple-red-b: 44;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $medium-candy-apple-red;
    color: rgba($medium-candy-apple-red-r, $medium-candy-apple-red-g, $medium-candy-apple-red-b, 0.8);
}
Color Blindness Simulation

How Medium Candy Apple Red appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #E2062C How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #828217 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.
Protanopia #52522F Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #E20F0F Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #717171 Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.
Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Medium Candy Apple Red ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Medium Candy Apple Red #E2062C Base
Spanish Red #E60026 ΔE 1.65
Cadmium Red #E30022 ΔE 2.20
Alizarin Crimson #E32636 ΔE 2.23
Amaranth Red #D3212D ΔE 2.52

How to use this color

  1. Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
  2. Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
  3. Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.