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#EC331C

#ec331c ≈ Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ec331c is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 20% green and 10.98% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 78.39% magenta, 88.14% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 6.63°, with 84.55% saturation and 51.76% 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 Red (#ff0000), ΔE 3.25.

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Web safe#ff3333
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Relative luminance0.2028

Complementary

  1. #ec331c
  2. #1cd5ec

Split complementary

  1. #ec331c
  2. #1cec9b
  3. #1c6dec

Analogous

  1. #ec1c6d
  2. #ec331c
  3. #ec9b1c

Triadic

  1. #ec331c
  2. #1cec33
  3. #331cec

Tetradic

  1. #ec331c
  2. #d5ec1c
  3. #1cd5ec
  4. #331cec

Square

  1. #ec331c
  2. #6dec1c
  3. #1cd5ec
  4. #9b1cec

Monochromatic

  1. #661309
  2. #ad200e
  3. #ec331c
  4. #f27263
  5. #f8b2a9

Shades

#ec331c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec331c
  2. #d42e19
  3. #bd2916
  4. #a52414
  5. #8e1f11
  6. #761a0e
  7. #5e140b
  8. #470f08
  9. #2f0a06
  10. #180503
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec331c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec331c
  2. #ee4733
  3. #f05c49
  4. #f27060
  5. #f48577
  6. #f6998e
  7. #f7ada4
  8. #f9c2bb
  9. #fbd6d2
  10. #fdebe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec331c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec331c
  2. #e13b26
  3. #d64230
  4. #cc4a3a
  5. #c15244
  6. #b65a4e
  7. #ab6158
  8. #a06962
  9. #96716c
  10. #8b7876
  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 #b46764 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f6215 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c8b09 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0031 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b05318 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c17213 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb002a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec331c {
  color: #ec331c;
}
Background
.bg-ec331c {
  background-color: #ec331c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec331c {
  border: 2px solid #ec331c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec331c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 51 28;
  --color-primary-hsl: 7 85% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec331c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec331c, #ec9b1c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec331c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 51 28 / 0.35);
}

#ff0000 Red ΔE 3.25 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.27 #e62020 Lust ΔE 3.79 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.85 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 3.86 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 3.86 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.07 #13cce3 Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Red
#ec331c  rgb(236, 51, 28)  hsl(7, 85%, 52%)  Red
#1cd5ec  rgb(28, 213, 236)  hsl(187, 85%, 52%)  Dark Turquoise
#1cec33  rgb(28, 236, 51)  hsl(127, 85%, 52%)  Lime
#331cec  rgb(51, 28, 236)  hsl(247, 85%, 52%)  Blue