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#FA0000

#fa0000 ≈ Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa0000 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 0% green and 0% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 100% magenta, 100% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 0°, with 100% saturation and 49.02% 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 5.06:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Red (#ff0000), ΔE 1.05.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ff0000
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Relative luminance0.2032

Complementary

  1. #fa0000
  2. #00fafa

Split complementary

  1. #fa0000
  2. #00fa7d
  3. #007dfa

Analogous

  1. #fa007d
  2. #fa0000
  3. #fa7d00

Triadic

  1. #fa0000
  2. #00fa00
  3. #0000fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa0000
  2. #fafa00
  3. #00fafa
  4. #0000fa

Square

  1. #fa0000
  2. #7dfa00
  3. #00fafa
  4. #7d00fa

Monochromatic

  1. #610000
  2. #ae0000
  3. #fa0000
  4. #ff4848
  5. #ff9494

Shades

#fa0000 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa0000
  2. #e10000
  3. #c80000
  4. #af0000
  5. #960000
  6. #7d0000
  7. #640000
  8. #4b0000
  9. #320000
  10. #190000
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa0000 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa0000
  2. #fb1a1a
  3. #fb3333
  4. #fc4d4d
  5. #fc6666
  6. #fd8080
  7. #fd9999
  8. #feb3b3
  9. #fecccc
  10. #ffe6e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa0000 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa0000
  2. #ee0d0d
  3. #e21a1a
  4. #d52626
  5. #c93333
  6. #bd4040
  7. #b14d4d
  8. #a55a5a
  9. #986666
  10. #8c7373
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.15:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7c7c7c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bc6262 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6b5d00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a08d00 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff000e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b64800 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ca7000 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff0009 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa0000 {
  color: #fa0000;
}
Background
.bg-fa0000 {
  background-color: #fa0000;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa0000 {
  border: 2px solid #fa0000;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa0000;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 0 0;
  --color-primary-hsl: 0 100% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa0000 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa0000, #fa7d00);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa0000 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 0 0 / 0.35);
}

#ff0000 Red ΔE 1.05 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 1.23 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 2.69 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.06 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.97 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.00 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 6.29 #05ffff Inverted #7c7c7c Grayscale 

Red
#fa0000  rgb(250, 0, 0)  hsl(0, 100%, 49%)  Red
#00fafa  rgb(0, 250, 250)  hsl(180, 100%, 49%)  Aqua
#00fa00  rgb(0, 250, 0)  hsl(120, 100%, 49%)  Lime
#0000fa  rgb(0, 0, 250)  hsl(240, 100%, 49%)  Blue