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#EC321B

#ec321b ≈ Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ec321b 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 10.59% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 78.81% magenta, 88.56% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 6.6°, with 84.62% saturation and 51.57% 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 5.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Red (#ff0000), ΔE 3.2.

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Web safe#ff3333
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Relative luminance0.2019

Complementary

  1. #ec321b
  2. #1bd5ec

Split complementary

  1. #ec321b
  2. #1bec9a
  3. #1b6dec

Analogous

  1. #ec1b6d
  2. #ec321b
  3. #ec9a1b

Triadic

  1. #ec321b
  2. #1bec32
  3. #321bec

Tetradic

  1. #ec321b
  2. #d5ec1b
  3. #1bd5ec
  4. #321bec

Square

  1. #ec321b
  2. #6dec1b
  3. #1bd5ec
  4. #9a1bec

Monochromatic

  1. #661308
  2. #ac200e
  3. #ec321b
  4. #f27162
  5. #f8b1a8

Shades

#ec321b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec321b
  2. #d42d18
  3. #bd2816
  4. #a52313
  5. #8e1e10
  6. #76190e
  7. #5e140b
  8. #470f08
  9. #2f0a05
  10. #180503
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec321b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec321b
  2. #ee4732
  3. #f05b49
  4. #f2705f
  5. #f48476
  6. #f6998d
  7. #f7ada4
  8. #f9c2bb
  9. #fbd6d1
  10. #fdebe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec321b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec321b
  2. #e13a25
  3. #d6422f
  4. #cc4939
  5. #c15143
  6. #b6594e
  7. #ab6158
  8. #a06962
  9. #96706c
  10. #8b7876
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.17:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b46663 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f6213 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c8b07 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0030 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af5317 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c17211 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb0029 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec321b {
  color: #ec321b;
}
Background
.bg-ec321b {
  background-color: #ec321b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec321b {
  border: 2px solid #ec321b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec321b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 50 27;
  --color-primary-hsl: 7 85% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec321b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec321b, #ec9a1b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec321b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 50 27 / 0.35);
}

#ff0000 Red ΔE 3.20 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.23 #e62020 Lust ΔE 3.75 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.84 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 3.96 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 3.96 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.06 #13cde4 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Red
#ec321b  rgb(236, 50, 27)  hsl(7, 85%, 52%)  Red
#1bd5ec  rgb(27, 213, 236)  hsl(187, 85%, 52%)  Dark Turquoise
#1bec32  rgb(27, 236, 50)  hsl(127, 85%, 52%)  Lime
#321bec  rgb(50, 27, 236)  hsl(247, 85%, 52%)  Blue