Cadmium Red (#E30022)

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

Preview

Sample Text
This is how text may look on this color.
Best text color: #FFFFFF
Contrast vs white: 4.90:1 — vs black: 4.29:1

Color values

  • HEX #E30022
  • RGB rgb(227, 0, 34)
  • HSL hsl(351, 100%, 44%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 0, 100, 85, 11 )
  • Websafe #CC0033

Tags

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

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #E30022 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

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

Cadmium Red
#E30022 Base
#00E3C1
Analogous

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

Cadmium Red
#E30022 Base
#E30094
#E34F00
Triadic

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

Cadmium Red
#E30022 Base
#22E300
#0022E3
Split-Complementary

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

Cadmium Red
#E30022 Base
#00E34F
#0094E3
Tetradic (Square)

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

Cadmium Red
#E30022 Base
#94E300
#00E3C1
#4F00E3
Monochromatic

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

Cadmium Red
#E30022 Base
#4A000B
#960017
#BA001C
#FF0D31
#FF304F
#FF7D90
Shades & Tints

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

Shades (darker)

#1A0004
#42000A
#6A0010
#920016
#BB001C
Cadmium Red #E30022 Base
#FF183A
#FF4B66
#FF7E92
#FFB2BE
#FFE6E9
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #E30022. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #E30022;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #E30022;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #E30022;
}
CSS Gradient
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #E30022,
        #00E3C1
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #E30022,
        #00E3C1
    );
}
SCSS Variable
// SCSS variable
$cadmium-red: #E30022;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$cadmium-red-r: 227;
$cadmium-red-g: 0;
$cadmium-red-b: 34;

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

How Cadmium Red appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #E30022 How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #828200 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 #525226 Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #E30707 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 Cadmium Red ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Cadmium Red #E30022 Base
Spanish Red #E60026 ΔE 0.97
Lust #E62020 ΔE 2.76
Red (pigment) #ED1C24 ΔE 3.29

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.