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#FA2908

#fa2908 ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa2908 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 16.08% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 83.6% magenta, 96.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 8.18°, with 96.03% saturation and 50.59% 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 5.39:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Scarlet (#ff2400), ΔE 0.91.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.2193

Complementary

  1. #fa2908
  2. #08d9fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa2908
  2. #08faa2
  3. #0860fa

Analogous

  1. #fa0860
  2. #fa2908
  3. #faa208

Triadic

  1. #fa2908
  2. #08fa29
  3. #2908fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa2908
  2. #d9fa08
  3. #08d9fa
  4. #2908fa

Square

  1. #fa2908
  2. #60fa08
  3. #08d9fa
  4. #a208fa

Monochromatic

  1. #671002
  2. #b21b04
  3. #fa2908
  4. #fc6a53
  5. #fdab9e

Shades

#fa2908 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa2908
  2. #e12507
  3. #c82106
  4. #af1d06
  5. #961905
  6. #7d1504
  7. #641003
  8. #4b0c02
  9. #320802
  10. #190401
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa2908 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa2908
  2. #fb3e21
  3. #fb5439
  4. #fc6952
  5. #fc7f6b
  6. #fd9484
  7. #fda99c
  8. #febfb5
  9. #fed4ce
  10. #ffeae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa2908 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa2908
  2. #ee3214
  3. #e23a20
  4. #d5432c
  5. #c94c38
  6. #bd5544
  7. #b15d50
  8. #a5665c
  9. #986f68
  10. #8c7774
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #be6966 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #726400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a49100 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0027 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b95200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cc7500 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff001e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa2908 {
  color: #fa2908;
}
Background
.bg-fa2908 {
  background-color: #fa2908;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa2908 {
  border: 2px solid #fa2908;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa2908;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 41 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 96% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa2908 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa2908, #faa208);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa2908 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 41 8 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 0.91 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 1.15 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 1.47 #ff0000 Red ΔE 1.70 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 2.90 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 4.93 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 6.12 #05d6f7 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Scarlet
#fa2908  rgb(250, 41, 8)  hsl(8, 96%, 51%)  Scarlet
#08d9fa  rgb(8, 217, 250)  hsl(188, 96%, 51%)  Sky Blue
#08fa29  rgb(8, 250, 41)  hsl(128, 96%, 51%)  Lime
#2908fa  rgb(41, 8, 250)  hsl(248, 96%, 51%)  Blue