Spanish Red (#E60026)

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: 4.78:1 — vs black: 4.39:1

Color values

  • HEX #E60026
  • RGB rgb(230, 0, 38)
  • HSL hsl(350, 100%, 90%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 0, 100, 83.48, 9.8 )

Tags

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Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #E60026 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

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

Spanish Red
#E60026 Base
#00E6C0
Analogous

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

Spanish Red
#E60026 Base
#E60099
#E64D00
Triadic

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

Spanish Red
#E60026 Base
#26E600
#0026E6
Split-Complementary

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

Spanish Red
#E60026 Base
#00E64D
#0099E6
Tetradic (Square)

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

Spanish Red
#E60026 Base
#99E600
#00E6C0
#4D00E6
Monochromatic

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

Spanish Red
#E60026 Base
#4D000D
#990019
#BD001F
#FF1037
#FF3355
#FF8095
Shades & Tints

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

Shades (darker)

#1A0004
#42000B
#6B0012
#940018
#BD001F
Spanish Red #E60026 Base
#FF1A40
#FF4D6A
#FF8095
#FFB3BF
#FFE6EA
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #E60026. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #E60026;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #E60026;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #E60026;
}
CSS Gradient
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #E60026,
        #CDFFF7
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #E60026,
        #CDFFF7
    );
}
SCSS Variable
// SCSS variable
$spanish-red: #E60026;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$spanish-red-r: 230;
$spanish-red-g: 0;
$spanish-red-b: 38;

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

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

Normal Vision #E60026 How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #848407 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 #53532A Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #E60808 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #727272 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 Spanish Red ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Spanish Red #E60026 Base
Cadmium Red #E30022 ΔE 0.97
Alizarin Crimson #E32636 ΔE 2.89
Lust #E62020 ΔE 3.00

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.