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#EC112E

#ec112e ≈ Cadmium Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ec112e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 6.67% green and 18.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 92.8% magenta, 80.51% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 352.05°, with 86.56% saturation and 49.61% 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 4.69:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Cadmium Red (#e30022), ΔE 2.97.

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Relative luminance0.1843

Complementary

  1. #ec112e
  2. #11eccf

Split complementary

  1. #ec112e
  2. #11ec61
  3. #119cec

Analogous

  1. #ec119c
  2. #ec112e
  3. #ec6111

Triadic

  1. #ec112e
  2. #2eec11
  3. #112eec

Tetradic

  1. #ec112e
  2. #eccf11
  3. #11eccf
  4. #112eec

Square

  1. #ec112e
  2. #9cec11
  3. #11eccf
  4. #6111ec

Monochromatic

  1. #5d0712
  2. #a50c20
  3. #ec112e
  4. #f3576b
  5. #f89eaa

Shades

#ec112e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec112e
  2. #d40f29
  3. #bd0e25
  4. #a50c20
  5. #8e0a1c
  6. #760917
  7. #5e0712
  8. #47050e
  9. #2f0309
  10. #180205
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec112e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec112e
  2. #ee2943
  3. #f04158
  4. #f2586d
  5. #f47082
  6. #f68897
  7. #f7a0ab
  8. #f9b8c0
  9. #fbcfd5
  10. #fde7ea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec112e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec112e
  2. #e11c36
  3. #d6273e
  4. #cc3247
  5. #c13d4f
  6. #b64957
  7. #ab545f
  8. #a05f67
  9. #966a70
  10. #8b7578
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.69:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #777777 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b25e62 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #645a2c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #968623 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0022 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ac482d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bf6b28 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb0027 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec112e {
  color: #ec112e;
}
Background
.bg-ec112e {
  background-color: #ec112e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec112e {
  border: 2px solid #ec112e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec112e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 17 46;
  --color-primary-hsl: 352 87% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec112e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec112e, #ec6111);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec112e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 17 46 / 0.35);
}

#e30022 Cadmium Red ΔE 2.97 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 3.60 #e62020 Lust ΔE 3.71 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 4.83 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 4.83 #cc3333 Persian Red ΔE 5.45 #dc143c Crimson ΔE 5.63 #13eed1 Inverted #777777 Grayscale 

Cadmium Red
#ec112e  rgb(236, 17, 46)  hsl(352, 87%, 50%)  Cadmium Red
#11eccf  rgb(17, 236, 207)  hsl(172, 87%, 50%)  Turquoise
#2eec11  rgb(46, 236, 17)  hsl(112, 87%, 50%)  Lime
#112eec  rgb(17, 46, 236)  hsl(232, 87%, 50%)  Blue