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#EF3E42 Los Angeles Dodgers Red
#EF3E42 is a mid-tone, vivid red, close to the color Alizarin. In RGB it’s made of 93.7% red, 24.3% green, and 25.9% blue. Its hue is 359°, with 85% saturation and 59% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. Black text sits best on top of it.
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Combinations from the color wheel, built around #EF3E42.
Split complementary
The two neighbors of the complement: contrast that’s easier to balance.
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Two complementary pairs: rich, best with one color in charge.
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WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.
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5.44:1 AAHow it looks with color blindness
About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #EF3E42 as they’d see it.
#EF3E42 in use
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Body text stays dark for reading; the color carries buttons, links, and accents.
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2 teams use #EF3E42. Here are their full palettes.
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Questions about #EF3E42
What color is #EF3E42?
#EF3E42 is a mid-tone, vivid red, close to the color Alizarin. In RGB it’s made of 93.7% red, 24.3% green, and 25.9% blue. Its hue is 359°, with 85% saturation and 59% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. Black text sits best on top of it.
What is #EF3E42 in RGB?
#EF3E42 is rgb(239, 62, 66): 239 red, 62 green, and 66 blue on a 0–255 scale.
What is #EF3E42 in CMYK?
Roughly cmyk(0, 74, 72, 6). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.
What Pantone is closest to #EF3E42?
PANTONE Red 032 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.
What color goes with #EF3E42?
Its complement #00918F gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.