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#ec1721

a balanced, electric red · warm · closest name: red

RGB
236, 23, 33
HSL
357°, 85%, 51%
CMYK
0, 90, 86, 8
Luminance
0.1856

Every format

HEX#ec1721
RGBrgb(236, 23, 33)
HSLhsl(357, 85%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 90%, 86%, 8%)
LABlab(50.2 73.8 52.6)
LCHlch(50.2 90.6 35.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.599 0.236 27.1)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ec1721;
background-color: #ec1721;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ec1721] bg-[#ec1721]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ec1721;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.090, blue: 0.129)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ec1721")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ec1721 on white: 4.46:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ec1721 on black: 4.71:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green9.0%
Blue12.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta90.3%
Yellow86.0%
Key (black)7.5%

Color previews

#ec1721 text on a black background

contrast 4.71:1

Card sample

#ec1721 text on a white background

contrast 4.46:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ec1721;
Background color
Panel with #ec1721 background
background-color: #ec1721;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ec1721;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 23, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 23, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ec1721;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec1721, #EC9B17);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ec1721

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ec1721 in the Color Lab