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#FA2501

#fa2501 ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa2501 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 14.51% green and 0.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 85.2% magenta, 99.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 8.67°, with 99.2% saturation and 49.22% 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 5.33:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Scarlet (#ff2400), ΔE 0.95.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.2165

Complementary

  1. #fa2501
  2. #01d6fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa2501
  2. #01faa1
  3. #015afa

Analogous

  1. #fa015a
  2. #fa2501
  3. #faa101

Triadic

  1. #fa2501
  2. #01fa25
  3. #2501fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa2501
  2. #d6fa01
  3. #01d6fa
  4. #2501fa

Square

  1. #fa2501
  2. #5afa01
  3. #01d6fa
  4. #a101fa

Monochromatic

  1. #620e00
  2. #ae1a01
  3. #fa2501
  4. #fe6349
  5. #ffa595

Shades

#fa2501 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa2501
  2. #e12101
  3. #c81e01
  4. #af1a01
  5. #961601
  6. #7d1301
  7. #640f00
  8. #4b0b00
  9. #320700
  10. #190400
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa2501 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa2501
  2. #fb3b1a
  3. #fb5134
  4. #fc664d
  5. #fc7c67
  6. #fd9280
  7. #fda899
  8. #febeb3
  9. #fed3cc
  10. #ffe9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa2501 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa2501
  2. #ee2e0e
  3. #e2371a
  4. #d54027
  5. #c94934
  6. #bd5341
  7. #b15c4d
  8. #a5655a
  9. #986e67
  10. #8c7773
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #be6865 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #716300 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a39000 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0024 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b85100 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cc7400 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff001a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa2501 {
  color: #fa2501;
}
Background
.bg-fa2501 {
  background-color: #fa2501;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa2501 {
  border: 2px solid #fa2501;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa2501;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 37 1;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 99% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa2501 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa2501, #faa101);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa2501 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 37 1 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 0.95 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 1.19 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 1.46 #ff0000 Red ΔE 1.69 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 2.93 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 4.96 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 6.11 #05dafe Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Scarlet
#fa2501  rgb(250, 37, 1)  hsl(9, 99%, 49%)  Scarlet
#01d6fa  rgb(1, 214, 250)  hsl(189, 99%, 49%)  Sky Blue
#01fa25  rgb(1, 250, 37)  hsl(129, 99%, 49%)  Lime
#2501fa  rgb(37, 1, 250)  hsl(249, 99%, 49%)  Blue