Information about #EC2251 color

#EC2251 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#EC2251 falls into the Red Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(236, 34, 81) — 92.5% red, 13.3% green, 31.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 79 / 61 / 7. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#EC2251 is a vivid, lively red that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Amaranth (#E52B50). Slightly further away sit be Supernormal. watermelon (#F1275A) and Spanish Crimson (#E51A4C).

In RGB terms — rgb(236, 34, 81) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 4.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.3:1. #EC2251 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#EC2251 color variations

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

#EC2251 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #EC2251

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

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#EC2251
  • RGB236, 34, 81
  • CMYK0, 79, 61, 7
  • CSSrgb(236, 34, 81)
  • HSL346°, 84%, 53%
  • HSL Precise346.04°, 84.167%, 52.941%
  • HSV346°, 86%, 93%
  • HSB346°, 86%, 93%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.925
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.133
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • GLSLvec3(0.925, 0.133, 0.318)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.925, 0.133, 0.318, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.925, 0.133, 0.318)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB92.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB13.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB31.8%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDEC2251
  • DECIMAL ID15475281
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01