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#F4300A

#f4300a ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#f4300a is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 95.69% red, 18.82% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 80.33% magenta, 95.9% yellow and 4.31% black. Its hue angle is 9.74°, with 92.13% saturation and 49.8% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.27:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Scarlet (#ff2400), ΔE 1.75.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.2137

Complementary

  1. #f4300a
  2. #0acef4

Split complementary

  1. #f4300a
  2. #0af4a5
  3. #0a59f4

Analogous

  1. #f40a59
  2. #f4300a
  3. #f4a50a

Triadic

  1. #f4300a
  2. #0af430
  3. #300af4

Tetradic

  1. #f4300a
  2. #cef40a
  3. #0acef4
  4. #300af4

Square

  1. #f4300a
  2. #59f40a
  3. #0acef4
  4. #a50af4

Monochromatic

  1. #611304
  2. #aa2207
  3. #f4300a
  4. #f86d53
  5. #fbab9c

Shades

#f4300a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #f4300a
  2. #dc2b09
  3. #c32608
  4. #ab2207
  5. #921d06
  6. #7a1805
  7. #621304
  8. #490e03
  9. #310a02
  10. #180501
  11. #000000

Tints

#f4300a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #f4300a
  2. #f54523
  3. #f6593b
  4. #f76e54
  5. #f8836c
  6. #fa9885
  7. #fbac9d
  8. #fcc1b6
  9. #fdd6ce
  10. #feeae7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#f4300a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #f4300a
  2. #e83816
  3. #dd4022
  4. #d1482d
  5. #c65039
  6. #ba5845
  7. #ae6051
  8. #a3685d
  9. #977068
  10. #8c7874
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7f7f7f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ba6965 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #726400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a18f00 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff002c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b55401 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #c87400 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff0023 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-f4300a {
  color: #f4300a;
}
Background
.bg-f4300a {
  background-color: #f4300a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-f4300a {
  border: 2px solid #f4300a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #f4300a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 244 48 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 10 92% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-f4300a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4300a, #f4a50a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-f4300a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(244 48 10 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 1.75 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 1.85 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 2.21 #ff0000 Red ΔE 2.38 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 3.13 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 4.98 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 5.94 #0bcff5 Inverted #7f7f7f Grayscale 

Scarlet
#f4300a  rgb(244, 48, 10)  hsl(10, 92%, 50%)  Scarlet
#0acef4  rgb(10, 206, 244)  hsl(190, 92%, 50%)  Sky Blue
#0af430  rgb(10, 244, 48)  hsl(130, 92%, 50%)  Lime
#300af4  rgb(48, 10, 244)  hsl(250, 92%, 50%)  Blue