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#ec2521

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

RGB
236, 37, 33
HSL
1°, 84%, 53%
CMYK
0, 84, 86, 8
Luminance
0.1927

Every format

HEX#ec2521
RGBrgb(236, 37, 33)
HSLhsl(1, 84%, 53%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 84%, 86%, 8%)
LABlab(51.0 71.4 53.3)
LCHlch(51.0 89.0 36.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.605 0.230 28.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ec2521;
background-color: #ec2521;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ec2521] bg-[#ec2521]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ec2521;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.145, blue: 0.129)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ec2521")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ec2521 on white: 4.33:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ec2521 on black: 4.85:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green14.5%
Blue12.9%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta84.3%
Yellow86.0%
Key (black)7.5%

Color previews

#ec2521 text on a black background

contrast 4.85:1

Card sample

#ec2521 text on a white background

contrast 4.33:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ec2521;
Background color
Panel with #ec2521 background
background-color: #ec2521;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ec2521;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 37, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 37, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ec2521;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ec2521, #ECAC21);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ec2521

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ec2521 in the Color Lab