Information about #EC2A1C color

#EC2A1C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#EC2A1C falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(236, 42, 28) — 92.5% red, 16.5% green, 11% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 76 / 82 / 7. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#EC2A1C is a strongly colored warm red that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Lust (#E62020). Slightly further away sit Lava Red (#E42217) and Red-Orange (#E32224).

The recipe behind #EC2A1C is rgb(236, 42, 28), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #EC2A1C: 4.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.3:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#EC2A1C color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#EC2A1C color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#EC2A1C color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#EC2A1C color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#EC2A1C color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#EC2A1C color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #EC2A1C

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Lust color link
Lust

#E62020

Lava Red color link
Lava Red

#E42217

Red-Orange color link
Red-Orange

#E32224

Love Red color link
Love Red

#E41B17

Burger King Red color link
Burger King Red

#EC242D

Bolivia Red color link
Bolivia Red

#DA291C

Permanent Geranium Lake color link
Permanent Geranium Lake

#E12C2C

Vermillion color link
Vermillion

#F4320C

Pursuit color link
Pursuit

#D9251D

Virgin Lust color link
Virgin Lust

#E4181E

Brown Madder color link
Brown Madder

#DB2929

Grapefruit color link
Grapefruit

#DC381F

#EC2A1C color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#EC2A1C
  • RGB236, 42, 28
  • CMYK0, 76, 82, 7
  • CSSrgb(236, 42, 28)
  • HSL4°, 85%, 52%
  • HSL Precise4.038°, 84.553%, 51.765%
  • HSV4°, 88%, 93%
  • HSB4°, 88%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.925
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.165
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.110
  • GLSLvec3(0.925, 0.165, 0.110)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.925, 0.165, 0.110, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.925, 0.165, 0.110)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB92.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB16.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB11%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDEC2A1C
  • DECIMAL ID15477276
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers14 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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