#ec240a

Color #ec240a

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Orange Red #ff4500 · ΔE 10.71 Nearest Tailwind class red-600 #e7000b · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ec240a

RGB

rgb(236, 36, 10)

HSL

hsl(6.9, 91.9%, 48.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6.9, 95.8%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 84.7%, 95.8%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(50.83, 71.28, 61.42)

LCH

lch(50.83, 94.09, 40.75)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.2322, 30.72)

HWB

hwb(6.9, 3.9%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0ad2ec

Analogous

#ec0a61

#ec240a

#ec950a

Triadic

#ec240a

#0aec24

#240aec

Split-complementary

#ec240a

#0aec95

#0a61ec

Tetradic

#ec240a

#d2ec0a

#0ad2ec

#240aec

Square

#ec240a

#61ec0a

#0ad2ec

#950aec

Shades

Color #ec240a mixed toward black.

#c51e08

#9d1807

#761205

#4f0c03

#270602

Tints

Color #ec240a mixed toward white.

#f6432c

#f86956

#fa8e80

#fbb4ab

#fdd9d5

Tones

Color #ec240a mixed toward gray.

#d9321d

#c64130

#b34f42

#a15e55

#8e6c68

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b713 · ΔE 52.6

Deuteranopia

#c1ca15 · ΔE 57.7

Tritanopia

#e71819 · ΔE 3.4

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 30.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ec240a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ec240a]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#ec240a (#ec240a) is rgb(236, 36, 10) in RGB.

No, #ec240a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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