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#EC161E

#ec161e ≈ Lust

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ec161e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 8.63% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 90.68% magenta, 87.29% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 357.76°, with 84.92% saturation and 50.59% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 4.7:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Lust (#e62020), ΔE 0.98.

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Relative luminance0.185

Complementary

  1. #ec161e
  2. #16ece4

Split complementary

  1. #ec161e
  2. #16ec79
  3. #1689ec

Analogous

  1. #ec1689
  2. #ec161e
  3. #ec7916

Triadic

  1. #ec161e
  2. #1eec16
  3. #161eec

Tetradic

  1. #ec161e
  2. #ece416
  3. #16ece4
  4. #161eec

Square

  1. #ec161e
  2. #89ec16
  3. #16ece4
  4. #7916ec

Monochromatic

  1. #61080b
  2. #a80e13
  3. #ec161e
  4. #f25d62
  5. #f8a3a7

Shades

#ec161e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec161e
  2. #d4141b
  3. #bd1218
  4. #a50f15
  5. #8e0d12
  6. #760b0f
  7. #5e090c
  8. #470709
  9. #2f0406
  10. #180203
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec161e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec161e
  2. #ee2d35
  3. #f0454b
  4. #f25c62
  5. #f47378
  6. #f68b8f
  7. #f7a2a5
  8. #f9b9bc
  9. #fbd0d2
  10. #fde8e9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec161e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec161e
  2. #e12128
  3. #d62b32
  4. #cc363b
  5. #c14045
  6. #b64b4f
  7. #ab5659
  8. #a06063
  9. #966b6c
  10. #8b7576
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.47:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b25f60 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #665b19 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #98870a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff001f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ad481b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bf6b14 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb001e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec161e {
  color: #ec161e;
}
Background
.bg-ec161e {
  background-color: #ec161e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec161e {
  border: 2px solid #ec161e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec161e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 22 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 358 85% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec161e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec161e, #ec7916);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec161e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 22 30 / 0.35);
}

#e62020 Lust ΔE 0.98 #e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 3.22 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 4.04 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 4.04 #ff0000 Red ΔE 5.08 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 5.28 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 5.55 #13e9e1 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Lust
#ec161e  rgb(236, 22, 30)  hsl(358, 85%, 51%)  Lust
#16ece4  rgb(22, 236, 228)  hsl(178, 85%, 51%)  Bright Turquoise
#1eec16  rgb(30, 236, 22)  hsl(118, 85%, 51%)  Lime
#161eec  rgb(22, 30, 236)  hsl(238, 85%, 51%)  Blue