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#EC372A

#ec372a ≈ Cinnabar

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ec372a is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 21.57% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 76.69% magenta, 82.2% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 4.02°, with 83.62% saturation and 54.51% 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 5.15:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cinnabar (#e34234), ΔE 1.96.

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Relative luminance0.2073

Complementary

  1. #ec372a
  2. #2adfec

Split complementary

  1. #ec372a
  2. #2aec98
  3. #2a7eec

Analogous

  1. #ec2a7e
  2. #ec372a
  3. #ec982a

Triadic

  1. #ec372a
  2. #2aec37
  3. #372aec

Tetradic

  1. #ec372a
  2. #dfec2a
  3. #2adfec
  4. #372aec

Square

  1. #ec372a
  2. #7eec2a
  3. #2adfec
  4. #982aec

Monochromatic

  1. #73110a
  2. #b91c11
  3. #ec372a
  4. #f27970
  5. #f9bbb6

Shades

#ec372a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec372a
  2. #d43226
  3. #bd2c22
  4. #a5271d
  5. #8e2119
  6. #761c15
  7. #5e1611
  8. #47110d
  9. #2f0b08
  10. #180604
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec372a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec372a
  2. #ee4b3f
  3. #f05f55
  4. #f2736a
  5. #f4877f
  6. #f69b95
  7. #f7afaa
  8. #f9c3bf
  9. #fbd7d4
  10. #fdebea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec372a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec372a
  2. #e13e33
  3. #d6463b
  4. #cc4d44
  5. #c1544c
  6. #b65c55
  7. #ab635e
  8. #a06a66
  9. #96716f
  10. #8b7977
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b56866 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #706426 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9d8c20 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0036 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b05628 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c27324 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb0032 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec372a {
  color: #ec372a;
}
Background
.bg-ec372a {
  background-color: #ec372a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec372a {
  border: 2px solid #ec372a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec372a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 55 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 4 84% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec372a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec372a, #ec982a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec372a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 55 42 / 0.35);
}

#e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 1.96 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 1.96 #e62020 Lust ΔE 3.33 #ff0000 Red ΔE 4.70 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 4.77 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 5.30 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 5.47 #13c8d5 Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Cinnabar
#ec372a  rgb(236, 55, 42)  hsl(4, 84%, 55%)  Cinnabar
#2adfec  rgb(42, 223, 236)  hsl(184, 84%, 55%)  Dark Turquoise
#2aec37  rgb(42, 236, 55)  hsl(124, 84%, 55%)  Lime
#372aec  rgb(55, 42, 236)  hsl(244, 84%, 55%)  Han Purple