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#FA040F

#fa040f ≈ Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa040f is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 1.57% green and 5.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 98.4% magenta, 94% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 357.32°, with 96.85% 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 5.09:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Red (#ff0000), ΔE 1.77.

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Web safe#ff0000
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Relative luminance0.2045

Complementary

  1. #fa040f
  2. #04faef

Split complementary

  1. #fa040f
  2. #04fa74
  3. #048afa

Analogous

  1. #fa048a
  2. #fa040f
  3. #fa7404

Triadic

  1. #fa040f
  2. #0ffa04
  3. #040ffa

Tetradic

  1. #fa040f
  2. #faef04
  3. #04faef
  4. #040ffa

Square

  1. #fa040f
  2. #8afa04
  3. #04faef
  4. #7404fa

Monochromatic

  1. #630206
  2. #af030a
  3. #fa040f
  4. #fc4e56
  5. #fd9a9e

Shades

#fa040f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa040f
  2. #e1040e
  3. #c8030c
  4. #af030b
  5. #960209
  6. #7d0208
  7. #640206
  8. #4b0105
  9. #320103
  10. #190002
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa040f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa040f
  2. #fb1d27
  3. #fb363f
  4. #fc4f57
  5. #fc686f
  6. #fd8287
  7. #fd9b9f
  8. #feb4b7
  9. #fecdcf
  10. #ffe6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa040f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa040f
  2. #ee101a
  3. #e21d26
  4. #d52931
  5. #c9363c
  6. #bd4248
  7. #b14e53
  8. #a55b5e
  9. #986769
  10. #8c7475
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bc6263 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6b5e04 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a08e00 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0014 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b64909 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ca7000 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff0012 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa040f {
  color: #fa040f;
}
Background
.bg-fa040f {
  background-color: #fa040f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa040f {
  border: 2px solid #fa040f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa040f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 4 15;
  --color-primary-hsl: 357 97% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa040f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa040f, #fa7404);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa040f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 4 15 / 0.35);
}

#ff0000 Red ΔE 1.77 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 1.98 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.49 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.86 #e62020 Lust ΔE 4.14 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 5.36 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 5.36 #05fbf0 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Red
#fa040f  rgb(250, 4, 15)  hsl(357, 97%, 50%)  Red
#04faef  rgb(4, 250, 239)  hsl(177, 97%, 50%)  Turquoise Blue
#0ffa04  rgb(15, 250, 4)  hsl(117, 97%, 50%)  Lime
#040ffa  rgb(4, 15, 250)  hsl(237, 97%, 50%)  Blue