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#EC462C

#ec462c ≈ Cinnabar

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ec462c is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 27.45% green and 17.25% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 70.34% magenta, 81.36% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 8.13°, 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 5.48:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cinnabar (#e34234), ΔE 3.37.

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Relative luminance0.224

Complementary

  1. #ec462c
  2. #2cd2ec

Split complementary

  1. #ec462c
  2. #2ceca6
  3. #2c72ec

Analogous

  1. #ec2c72
  2. #ec462c
  3. #eca62c

Triadic

  1. #ec462c
  2. #2cec46
  3. #462cec

Tetradic

  1. #ec462c
  2. #d2ec2c
  3. #2cd2ec
  4. #462cec

Square

  1. #ec462c
  2. #72ec2c
  3. #2cd2ec
  4. #a62cec

Monochromatic

  1. #75190a
  2. #bb2811
  3. #ec462c
  4. #f28472
  5. #f9c1b8

Shades

#ec462c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec462c
  2. #d43f28
  3. #bd3823
  4. #a5311f
  5. #8e2a1a
  6. #762316
  7. #5e1c12
  8. #47150d
  9. #2f0e09
  10. #180704
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec462c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec462c
  2. #ee5941
  3. #f06b56
  4. #f27e6b
  5. #f49080
  6. #f6a396
  7. #f7b5ab
  8. #f9c8c0
  9. #fbdad5
  10. #fdedea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec462c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec462c
  2. #e14c34
  3. #d6523d
  4. #cc5745
  5. #c15d4e
  6. #b66356
  7. #ab695e
  8. #a06f67
  9. #96746f
  10. #8b7a78
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b66f6a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #786b27 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a19023 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0042 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b25e29 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c37927 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb283a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec462c {
  color: #ec462c;
}
Background
.bg-ec462c {
  background-color: #ec462c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec462c {
  border: 2px solid #ec462c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec462c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 70 44;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 83% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec462c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec462c, #eca62c);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec462c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 70 44 / 0.35);
}

#e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 3.37 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 3.37 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 4.57 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.61 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 4.74 #ff0000 Red ΔE 4.83 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 5.27 #13b9d3 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Cinnabar
#ec462c  rgb(236, 70, 44)  hsl(8, 83%, 55%)  Cinnabar
#2cd2ec  rgb(44, 210, 236)  hsl(188, 83%, 55%)  Dark Turquoise
#2cec46  rgb(44, 236, 70)  hsl(128, 83%, 55%)  Malachite
#462cec  rgb(70, 44, 236)  hsl(248, 83%, 55%)  Han Purple