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#FA2A08

#fa2a08 ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa2a08 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 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 83.2% magenta, 96.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 8.43°, 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 5.4:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Scarlet (#ff2400), ΔE 0.86.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.22

Complementary

  1. #fa2a08
  2. #08d8fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa2a08
  2. #08faa3
  3. #085ffa

Analogous

  1. #fa085f
  2. #fa2a08
  3. #faa308

Triadic

  1. #fa2a08
  2. #08fa2a
  3. #2a08fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa2a08
  2. #d8fa08
  3. #08d8fa
  4. #2a08fa

Square

  1. #fa2a08
  2. #5ffa08
  3. #08d8fa
  4. #a308fa

Monochromatic

  1. #671002
  2. #b21c04
  3. #fa2a08
  4. #fc6b53
  5. #fdab9e

Shades

#fa2a08 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa2a08
  2. #e12607
  3. #c82206
  4. #af1d06
  5. #961905
  6. #7d1504
  7. #641103
  8. #4b0d02
  9. #320802
  10. #190401
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa2a08 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa2a08
  2. #fb3f21
  3. #fb5539
  4. #fc6a52
  5. #fc7f6b
  6. #fd9584
  7. #fdaa9c
  8. #febfb5
  9. #fed4ce
  10. #ffeae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa2a08 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa2a08
  2. #ee3314
  3. #e23b20
  4. #d5442c
  5. #c94c38
  6. #bd5544
  7. #b15e50
  8. #a5665c
  9. #986f68
  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 #ff001f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa2a08 {
  color: #fa2a08;
}
Background
.bg-fa2a08 {
  background-color: #fa2a08;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa2a08 {
  border: 2px solid #fa2a08;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa2a08;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 42 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 96% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa2a08 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa2a08, #faa308);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa2a08 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 42 8 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 0.86 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 1.07 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 1.56 #ff0000 Red ΔE 1.80 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 2.79 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 4.82 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 6.01 #05d5f7 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Scarlet
#fa2a08  rgb(250, 42, 8)  hsl(8, 96%, 51%)  Scarlet
#08d8fa  rgb(8, 216, 250)  hsl(188, 96%, 51%)  Sky Blue
#08fa2a  rgb(8, 250, 42)  hsl(128, 96%, 51%)  Lime
#2a08fa  rgb(42, 8, 250)  hsl(248, 96%, 51%)  Blue