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#EC2002

#ec2002 ≈ Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ec2002 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 12.55% green and 0.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 86.44% magenta, 99.15% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 7.69°, with 98.32% saturation and 46.67% 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 4.77:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Red (#ff0000), ΔE 3.3.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.1887

Complementary

  1. #ec2002
  2. #02ceec

Split complementary

  1. #ec2002
  2. #02ec95
  3. #0259ec

Analogous

  1. #ec0259
  2. #ec2002
  3. #ec9502

Triadic

  1. #ec2002
  2. #02ec20
  3. #2002ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec2002
  2. #ceec02
  3. #02ceec
  4. #2002ec

Square

  1. #ec2002
  2. #59ec02
  3. #02ceec
  4. #9502ec

Monochromatic

  1. #540b01
  2. #a01601
  3. #ec2002
  4. #fd563d
  5. #fe9889

Shades

#ec2002 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec2002
  2. #d41d02
  3. #bd1a02
  4. #a51601
  5. #8e1301
  6. #761001
  7. #5e0d01
  8. #470a01
  9. #2f0600
  10. #180300
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec2002 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec2002
  2. #ee361b
  3. #f04d35
  4. #f2634e
  5. #f47967
  6. #f69081
  7. #f7a69a
  8. #f9bcb3
  9. #fbd2cc
  10. #fde9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec2002 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec2002
  2. #e12a0f
  3. #d6331b
  4. #cc3d28
  5. #c14634
  6. #b65041
  7. #ab5a4e
  8. #a0635a
  9. #966d67
  10. #8b7673
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.77:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #787878 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3615f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6a5c00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #998800 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0020 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae4b00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c06d00 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb0017 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec2002 {
  color: #ec2002;
}
Background
.bg-ec2002 {
  background-color: #ec2002;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec2002 {
  border: 2px solid #ec2002;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec2002;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 32 2;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 98% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec2002 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec2002, #ec9502);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec2002 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 32 2 / 0.35);
}

#ff0000 Red ΔE 3.30 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.36 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 4.13 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.37 #e62020 Lust ΔE 4.48 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 5.84 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 6.13 #13dffd Inverted #787878 Grayscale 

Red
#ec2002  rgb(236, 32, 2)  hsl(8, 98%, 47%)  Red
#02ceec  rgb(2, 206, 236)  hsl(188, 98%, 47%)  Sky Blue
#02ec20  rgb(2, 236, 32)  hsl(128, 98%, 47%)  Lime
#2002ec  rgb(32, 2, 236)  hsl(248, 98%, 47%)  Blue