#ec3c20

Color #ec3c20

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Orange Red #ff4500 · ΔE 14.46 Nearest Tailwind class red-600 #e7000b · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ec3c20

RGB

rgb(236, 60, 32)

HSL

hsl(8.2, 84.3%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(8.2, 86.4%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 86.4%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(53.14, 65.32, 55.42)

LCH

lch(53.14, 85.66, 40.31)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.216, 31.79)

HWB

hwb(8.2, 12.5%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#20d0ec

Analogous

#ec206a

#ec3c20

#eca220

Triadic

#ec3c20

#20ec3c

#3c20ec

Split-complementary

#ec3c20

#20eca2

#206aec

Tetradic

#ec3c20

#d0ec20

#20d0ec

#3c20ec

Square

#ec3c20

#6aec20

#20d0ec

#a220ec

Shades

Color #ec3c20 mixed toward black.

#ce2b12

#a4230e

#7b1a0b

#521107

#290904

Tints

Color #ec3c20 mixed toward white.

#ef5c45

#f27d6a

#f59d8f

#f9beb5

#fcdeda

Tones

Color #ec3c20 mixed toward gray.

#db4831

#ca5442

#b96153

#a86d64

#977a75

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bbb929 · ΔE 50.5

Deuteranopia

#c2cc2b · ΔE 55.8

Tritanopia

#e72e30 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 29.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ec3c20;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ec3c20]

Related colors

Tomato #ff6347

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Coral #ff7f50

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#ec3c20 (#ec3c20) is rgb(236, 60, 32) in RGB.

No, #ec3c20 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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