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#EC3003

#ec3003 ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ec3003 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 18.82% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 79.66% magenta, 98.73% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 11.59°, with 97.49% saturation and 46.86% 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 4.99:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Scarlet (#ff2400), ΔE 3.32.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.1995

Complementary

  1. #ec3003
  2. #03bfec

Split complementary

  1. #ec3003
  2. #03eca4
  3. #034aec

Analogous

  1. #ec034a
  2. #ec3003
  3. #eca403

Triadic

  1. #ec3003
  2. #03ec30
  3. #3003ec

Tetradic

  1. #ec3003
  2. #bfec03
  3. #03bfec
  4. #3003ec

Square

  1. #ec3003
  2. #4aec03
  3. #03bfec
  4. #a403ec

Monochromatic

  1. #551101
  2. #a02102
  3. #ec3003
  4. #fd643f
  5. #fea18a

Shades

#ec3003 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ec3003
  2. #d42b03
  3. #bd2602
  4. #a52202
  5. #8e1d02
  6. #761802
  7. #5e1301
  8. #470e01
  9. #2f0a01
  10. #180500
  11. #000000

Tints

#ec3003 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ec3003
  2. #ee451c
  3. #f05935
  4. #f26e4f
  5. #f48368
  6. #f69881
  7. #f7ac9a
  8. #f9c1b3
  9. #fbd6cd
  10. #fdeae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ec3003 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ec3003
  2. #e13810
  3. #d6401c
  4. #cc4829
  5. #c15035
  6. #b65842
  7. #ab604e
  8. #a0685b
  9. #967067
  10. #8b7874
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.21:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 4.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7b7b7b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b46661 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f6100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c8a00 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff002c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #af5200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c17100 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fb0021 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ec3003 {
  color: #ec3003;
}
Background
.bg-ec3003 {
  background-color: #ec3003;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ec3003 {
  border: 2px solid #ec3003;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ec3003;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 48 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 97% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ec3003 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec3003, #eca403);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ec3003 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 48 3 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.32 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.40 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.42 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.49 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.40 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.89 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 5.96 #13cffc Inverted #7b7b7b Grayscale 

Scarlet
#ec3003  rgb(236, 48, 3)  hsl(12, 97%, 47%)  Scarlet
#03bfec  rgb(3, 191, 236)  hsl(192, 97%, 47%)  Deep Sky Blue
#03ec30  rgb(3, 236, 48)  hsl(132, 97%, 47%)  Lime
#3003ec  rgb(48, 3, 236)  hsl(252, 97%, 47%)  Blue