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#EC320E

#ec320e ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ec320e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 19.61% green and 5.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 78.81% magenta, 94.07% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 9.73°, with 88.8% saturation and 49.02% 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 5.03:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 3.09.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.2015

Complementary

  1. #ec320e
  2. #0ec8ec

Split complementary

  1. #ec320e
  2. #0eeca1
  3. #0e59ec

Analogous

  1. #ec0e59
  2. #ec320e
  3. #eca10e

Triadic

  1. #ec320e
  2. #0eec32
  3. #320eec

Tetradic

  1. #ec320e
  2. #c8ec0e
  3. #0ec8ec
  4. #320eec

Square

  1. #ec320e
  2. #59ec0e
  3. #0ec8ec
  4. #a10eec

Monochromatic

  1. #5c1305
  2. #a4230a
  3. #ec320e
  4. #f56c52
  5. #f9a99a

Shades

#ec320e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec320e
  2. #d42d0d
  3. #bd280b
  4. #a5230a
  5. #8e1e08
  6. #761907
  7. #5e1406
  8. #470f04
  9. #2f0a03
  10. #180501
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec320e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec320e
  2. #ee4726
  3. #f05b3e
  4. #f27056
  5. #f4846e
  6. #f69987
  7. #f7ad9f
  8. #f9c2b7
  9. #fbd6cf
  10. #fdebe7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec320e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec320e
  2. #e13a19
  3. #d64225
  4. #cc4930
  5. #c1513c
  6. #b65947
  7. #ab6152
  8. #a0695e
  9. #967069
  10. #8b7875
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.03:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b46662 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f6200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c8b00 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff002e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b05305 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c17200 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb0025 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec320e {
  color: #ec320e;
}
Background
.bg-ec320e {
  background-color: #ec320e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec320e {
  border: 2px solid #ec320e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec320e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 50 14;
  --color-primary-hsl: 10 89% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec320e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec320e, #eca10e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec320e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 50 14 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.09 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.15 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.20 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.34 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.50 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.19 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 5.60 #13cdf1 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#ec320e  rgb(236, 50, 14)  hsl(10, 89%, 49%)  Candy Apple Red
#0ec8ec  rgb(14, 200, 236)  hsl(190, 89%, 49%)  Sky Blue
#0eec32  rgb(14, 236, 50)  hsl(130, 89%, 49%)  Lime
#320eec  rgb(50, 14, 236)  hsl(250, 89%, 49%)  Blue