What is hex #E25518 color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a highly vibrant and energetic tone. It is perfect for drawing attention to critical elements like call-to-action buttons, highlights, or modern branding.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 89% red, 33% green and 9% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (226,85,24).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 62%, 89%, 11%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #E25518 features a hue of 18°, 89% saturation, and a brightness value of 89%.

Hex #E25518 Color Codes & Equivalents

RGB Values (226,85,24)
CMYK Values (0%, 62%, 89%, 11%)
HSV/HSB Values (18°, 89%, 89%)
Closest Web Safe
#CC6600
Inverse Color
#1DAAE7
Closest Pantone®
1595 C
Closest RAL
RAL 2004 [Pure orange]
Complementary Color
#18A5E2

#E25518 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#6F6F6F
Lightness (Desaturation)
#7D7D7D
Weighted (BT601)
#787878
Luma (BT709)
#6F6F6F

Hex #E25518 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #E25518 is #18A5E2. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #E25518 you will find #18A5E2. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#E25518 #18A5E2

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #E25518 is composed with colors #E21840 and #E2BA18. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #E25518 with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#E21840 #E25518 #E2BA18

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #E25518 is composed with colors #1840E2 and #18E2BA. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#E25518 #1840E2 #18E2BA

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #E25518 is composed with colors #5518E2 and #18E255. They are located to the right and left of your main color #E25518 with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#E25518 #5518E2 #18E255

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #E25518 is composed with colors #18E255, #18A5E2 and #E218A5 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#E25518 #18E255 #18A5E2 #E218A5

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #E25518 is composed with colors #40E218, #18A5E2 and #BA18E2 To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette looks a lot like the Tetradic palette but it is less dark which is nicer in my opinion.

#E25518 #40E218 #18A5E2 #BA18E2

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #E25518

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #E25518.

#E25518 #E76026 #E96E38 #EB7B4B #ED895D #EF9670 #F1A482 #F3B195

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#E25518 #D55924 #C95E30 #BD633C #B16849 #A46D55 #987261 #8C766D

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#E25518 #CF4E16 #BD4714 #AA4012 #983910 #85320E #732B0C #60240A

Hex #E25518 in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #E25518
Java new Color(226,85,24);
Python Color(#E25518)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 226,85,24);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.89, green: 0.33, blue: 0.09, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(226, 85, 24)