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#EC2401

#ec2401 ≈ Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ec2401 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 14.12% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 84.75% magenta, 99.58% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 8.94°, with 99.16% saturation and 46.47% 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 4.82:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Red (#ff0000), ΔE 3.29.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.191

Complementary

  1. #ec2401
  2. #01c9ec

Split complementary

  1. #ec2401
  2. #01ec9a
  3. #0153ec

Analogous

  1. #ec0153
  2. #ec2401
  3. #ec9a01

Triadic

  1. #ec2401
  2. #01ec24
  3. #2401ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec2401
  2. #c9ec01
  3. #01c9ec
  4. #2401ec

Square

  1. #ec2401
  2. #53ec01
  3. #01c9ec
  4. #9a01ec

Monochromatic

  1. #540d00
  2. #a01801
  3. #ec2401
  4. #fe583b
  5. #fe9988

Shades

#ec2401 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec2401
  2. #d42001
  3. #bd1d01
  4. #a51901
  5. #8e1601
  6. #761201
  7. #5e0e00
  8. #470b00
  9. #2f0700
  10. #180400
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec2401 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec2401
  2. #ee3a1a
  3. #f05034
  4. #f2664d
  5. #f47c67
  6. #f69280
  7. #f7a799
  8. #f9bdb3
  9. #fbd3cc
  10. #fde9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec2401 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec2401
  2. #e12d0e
  3. #d6361a
  4. #cc4027
  5. #c14934
  6. #b65241
  7. #ab5b4d
  8. #a0645a
  9. #966e67
  10. #8b7773
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #797979 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b3625f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6b5d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9a8800 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0022 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ae4c00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c06e00 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb0019 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec2401 {
  color: #ec2401;
}
Background
.bg-ec2401 {
  background-color: #ec2401;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec2401 {
  border: 2px solid #ec2401;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec2401;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 36 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 99% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec2401 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec2401, #ec9a01);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec2401 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 36 1 / 0.35);
}

#ff0000 Red ΔE 3.29 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.31 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.89 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.10 #e62020 Lust ΔE 4.87 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 5.47 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 6.26 #13dbfe Inverted #797979 Grayscale 

Red
#ec2401  rgb(236, 36, 1)  hsl(9, 99%, 46%)  Red
#01c9ec  rgb(1, 201, 236)  hsl(189, 99%, 46%)  Sky Blue
#01ec24  rgb(1, 236, 36)  hsl(129, 99%, 46%)  Lime
#2401ec  rgb(36, 1, 236)  hsl(249, 99%, 46%)  Blue