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#EC322C

#ec322c ≈ Cinnabar

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ec322c 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 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 78.81% magenta, 81.36% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 1.88°, with 83.48% saturation and 54.9% 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 5.06:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cinnabar (#e34234), ΔE 1.94.

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Web safe#ff3333
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Relative luminance0.203

Complementary

  1. #ec322c
  2. #2ce6ec

Split complementary

  1. #ec322c
  2. #2cec92
  3. #2c86ec

Analogous

  1. #ec2c86
  2. #ec322c
  3. #ec922c

Triadic

  1. #ec322c
  2. #2cec32
  3. #322cec

Tetradic

  1. #ec322c
  2. #e6ec2c
  3. #2ce6ec
  4. #322cec

Square

  1. #ec322c
  2. #86ec2c
  3. #2ce6ec
  4. #922cec

Monochromatic

  1. #750e0a
  2. #bb1611
  3. #ec322c
  4. #f27672
  5. #f9bab8

Shades

#ec322c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec322c
  2. #d42d28
  3. #bd2823
  4. #a5231f
  5. #8e1e1a
  6. #761916
  7. #5e1412
  8. #470f0d
  9. #2f0a09
  10. #180504
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec322c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec322c
  2. #ee4741
  3. #f05b56
  4. #f2706b
  5. #f48480
  6. #f69996
  7. #f7adab
  8. #f9c2c0
  9. #fbd6d5
  10. #fdebea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec322c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec322c
  2. #e13a34
  3. #d6423d
  4. #cc4945
  5. #c1514e
  6. #b65956
  7. #ab615e
  8. #a06967
  9. #96706f
  10. #8b7878
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b46766 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6e6329 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9b8b22 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0033 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af532a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c17226 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb0031 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec322c {
  color: #ec322c;
}
Background
.bg-ec322c {
  background-color: #ec322c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec322c {
  border: 2px solid #ec322c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec322c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 50 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 2 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec322c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec322c, #ec922c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec322c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 50 44 / 0.35);
}

#e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 1.94 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 1.94 #e62020 Lust ΔE 2.87 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 4.39 #e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 4.91 #ff0000 Red ΔE 5.39 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 5.51 #13cdd3 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Cinnabar
#ec322c  rgb(236, 50, 44)  hsl(2, 83%, 55%)  Cinnabar
#2ce6ec  rgb(44, 230, 236)  hsl(182, 83%, 55%)  Bright Turquoise
#2cec32  rgb(44, 236, 50)  hsl(122, 83%, 55%)  Lime
#322cec  rgb(50, 44, 236)  hsl(242, 83%, 55%)  Han Purple