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#FA2A03

#fa2a03 ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa2a03 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 16.47% green and 1.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 83.2% magenta, 98.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 9.47°, with 97.63% saturation and 49.61% 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 5.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Scarlet (#ff2400), ΔE 0.79.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.2199

Complementary

  1. #fa2a03
  2. #03d3fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa2a03
  2. #03faa5
  3. #0358fa

Analogous

  1. #fa0358
  2. #fa2a03
  3. #faa503

Triadic

  1. #fa2a03
  2. #03fa2a
  3. #2a03fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa2a03
  2. #d3fa03
  3. #03d3fa
  4. #2a03fa

Square

  1. #fa2a03
  2. #58fa03
  3. #03d3fa
  4. #a503fa

Monochromatic

  1. #631101
  2. #ae1d02
  3. #fa2a03
  4. #fd684d
  5. #fea898

Shades

#fa2a03 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa2a03
  2. #e12603
  3. #c82202
  4. #af1d02
  5. #961902
  6. #7d1502
  7. #641101
  8. #4b0d01
  9. #320801
  10. #190400
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa2a03 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa2a03
  2. #fb3f1c
  3. #fb5535
  4. #fc6a4f
  5. #fc7f68
  6. #fd9581
  7. #fdaa9a
  8. #febfb3
  9. #fed4cd
  10. #ffeae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa2a03 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa2a03
  2. #ee3310
  3. #e23b1c
  4. #d54429
  5. #c94c35
  6. #bd5542
  7. #b15e4e
  8. #a5665b
  9. #986f67
  10. #8c7774
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.4:1 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 #ff0028 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b95300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cc7500 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff001e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa2a03 {
  color: #fa2a03;
}
Background
.bg-fa2a03 {
  background-color: #fa2a03;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa2a03 {
  border: 2px solid #fa2a03;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa2a03;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 42 3;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 98% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa2a03 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa2a03, #faa503);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa2a03 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 42 3 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 0.79 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 0.90 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 1.80 #ff0000 Red ΔE 2.04 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 2.52 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 4.54 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 5.70 #05d5fc Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Scarlet
#fa2a03  rgb(250, 42, 3)  hsl(9, 98%, 50%)  Scarlet
#03d3fa  rgb(3, 211, 250)  hsl(189, 98%, 50%)  Sky Blue
#03fa2a  rgb(3, 250, 42)  hsl(129, 98%, 50%)  Lime
#2a03fa  rgb(42, 3, 250)  hsl(249, 98%, 50%)  Blue