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#FA2B06

#fa2b06 ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa2b06 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 16.86% green and 2.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 82.8% magenta, 97.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 9.1°, with 96.06% saturation and 50.2% 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 5.41:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Scarlet (#ff2400), ΔE 0.78.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.2206

Complementary

  1. #fa2b06
  2. #06d5fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa2b06
  2. #06faa5
  3. #065bfa

Analogous

  1. #fa065b
  2. #fa2b06
  3. #faa506

Triadic

  1. #fa2b06
  2. #06fa2b
  3. #2b06fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa2b06
  2. #d5fa06
  3. #06d5fa
  4. #2b06fa

Square

  1. #fa2b06
  2. #5bfa06
  3. #06d5fa
  4. #a506fa

Monochromatic

  1. #651102
  2. #b01e04
  3. #fa2b06
  4. #fc6b51
  5. #fdab9c

Shades

#fa2b06 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa2b06
  2. #e12705
  3. #c82205
  4. #af1e04
  5. #961a04
  6. #7d1603
  7. #641102
  8. #4b0d02
  9. #320901
  10. #190401
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa2b06 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa2b06
  2. #fb401f
  3. #fb5538
  4. #fc6b51
  5. #fc806a
  6. #fd9583
  7. #fdaa9b
  8. #febfb4
  9. #fed5cd
  10. #ffeae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa2b06 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa2b06
  2. #ee3412
  3. #e23c1e
  4. #d5452b
  5. #c94d37
  6. #bd5643
  7. #b15e4f
  8. #a5675b
  9. #986f68
  10. #8c7874
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.88:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #be6966 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #736400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a49100 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0029 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b95300 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cc7600 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff001f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa2b06 {
  color: #fa2b06;
}
Background
.bg-fa2b06 {
  background-color: #fa2b06;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa2b06 {
  border: 2px solid #fa2b06;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa2b06;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 43 6;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 96% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa2b06 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa2b06, #faa506);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa2b06 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 43 6 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 0.78 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 0.92 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 1.75 #ff0000 Red ΔE 1.99 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 2.57 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 4.59 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 5.77 #05d4f9 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Scarlet
#fa2b06  rgb(250, 43, 6)  hsl(9, 96%, 50%)  Scarlet
#06d5fa  rgb(6, 213, 250)  hsl(189, 96%, 50%)  Sky Blue
#06fa2b  rgb(6, 250, 43)  hsl(129, 96%, 50%)  Lime
#2b06fa  rgb(43, 6, 250)  hsl(249, 96%, 50%)  Blue