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#FA2A0A

#fa2a0a ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa2a0a 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 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 83.2% magenta, 96% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 8°, with 96% saturation and 50.98% 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 0.95.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.22

Complementary

  1. #fa2a0a
  2. #0adafa

Split complementary

  1. #fa2a0a
  2. #0afaa2
  3. #0a62fa

Analogous

  1. #fa0a62
  2. #fa2a0a
  3. #faa20a

Triadic

  1. #fa2a0a
  2. #0afa2a
  3. #2a0afa

Tetradic

  1. #fa2a0a
  2. #dafa0a
  3. #0adafa
  4. #2a0afa

Square

  1. #fa2a0a
  2. #62fa0a
  3. #0adafa
  4. #a20afa

Monochromatic

  1. #691002
  2. #b41b04
  3. #fa2a0a
  4. #fc6b55
  5. #fdaca0

Shades

#fa2a0a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa2a0a
  2. #e12609
  3. #c82208
  4. #af1d07
  5. #961906
  6. #7d1505
  7. #641104
  8. #4b0d03
  9. #320802
  10. #190401
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa2a0a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa2a0a
  2. #fb3f23
  3. #fb553b
  4. #fc6a54
  5. #fc7f6c
  6. #fd9585
  7. #fdaa9d
  8. #febfb6
  9. #fed4ce
  10. #ffeae7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa2a0a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa2a0a
  2. #ee3316
  3. #e23b22
  4. #d5442d
  5. #c94c39
  6. #bd5545
  7. #b15e51
  8. #a5665d
  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 #b95301 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cc7500 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff0020 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa2a0a {
  color: #fa2a0a;
}
Background
.bg-fa2a0a {
  background-color: #fa2a0a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa2a0a {
  border: 2px solid #fa2a0a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa2a0a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 42 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 96% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa2a0a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa2a0a, #faa20a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa2a0a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 42 10 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 0.95 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 1.18 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 1.50 #ff0000 Red ΔE 1.73 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 2.91 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 4.93 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 6.13 #05d5f5 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Scarlet
#fa2a0a  rgb(250, 42, 10)  hsl(8, 96%, 51%)  Scarlet
#0adafa  rgb(10, 218, 250)  hsl(188, 96%, 51%)  Sky Blue
#0afa2a  rgb(10, 250, 42)  hsl(128, 96%, 51%)  Lime
#2a0afa  rgb(42, 10, 250)  hsl(248, 96%, 51%)  Blue