#ec2500

Color #ec2500

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Orange Red #ff4500 · ΔE 8.96 Nearest Tailwind class red-600 #e7000b · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ec2500

RGB

rgb(236, 37, 0)

HSL

hsl(9.4, 100%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(9.4, 100%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 84.3%, 100%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(50.88, 71, 63.96)

LCH

lch(50.88, 95.56, 42.01)

OKLCH

oklch(60.4%, 0.2321, 31.47)

HWB

hwb(9.4, 0%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#00c7ec

Analogous

#ec0051

#ec2500

#ec9b00

Triadic

#ec2500

#00ec25

#2500ec

Split-complementary

#ec2500

#00ec9b

#0051ec

Tetradic

#ec2500

#c7ec00

#00c7ec

#2500ec

Square

#ec2500

#51ec00

#00c7ec

#9b00ec

Shades

Color #ec2500 mixed toward black.

#c51f00

#9d1900

#761200

#4f0c00

#270600

Tints

Color #ec2500 mixed toward white.

#ff3f1b

#ff6548

#ff8c76

#ffb2a4

#ffd9d1

Tones

Color #ec2500 mixed toward gray.

#d83314

#c54027

#b14e3b

#9d5b4f

#8a6962

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.83:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.83:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b9b70e · ΔE 52.1

Deuteranopia

#c1ca11 · ΔE 57.1

Tritanopia

#e71617 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 30.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #ec2500;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ec2500]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#ec2500 (#ec2500) is rgb(236, 37, 0) in RGB.

No, #ec2500 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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