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#FA2C04

#fa2c04 ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa2c04 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 17.25% green and 1.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 82.4% magenta, 98.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 9.76°, with 96.85% saturation and 49.8% 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 5.43:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Scarlet (#ff2400), ΔE 0.79.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.2213

Complementary

  1. #fa2c04
  2. #04d2fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa2c04
  2. #04faa7
  3. #0457fa

Analogous

  1. #fa0457
  2. #fa2c04
  3. #faa704

Triadic

  1. #fa2c04
  2. #04fa2c
  3. #2c04fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa2c04
  2. #d2fa04
  3. #04d2fa
  4. #2c04fa

Square

  1. #fa2c04
  2. #57fa04
  3. #04d2fa
  4. #a704fa

Monochromatic

  1. #631102
  2. #af1f03
  3. #fa2c04
  4. #fc6b4e
  5. #fdaa9a

Shades

#fa2c04 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa2c04
  2. #e12804
  3. #c82303
  4. #af1f03
  5. #961a02
  6. #7d1602
  7. #641202
  8. #4b0d01
  9. #320901
  10. #190400
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa2c04 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa2c04
  2. #fb411d
  3. #fb5636
  4. #fc6b4f
  5. #fc8068
  6. #fd9682
  7. #fdab9b
  8. #fec0b4
  9. #fed5cd
  10. #ffeae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa2c04 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa2c04
  2. #ee3410
  3. #e23d1d
  4. #d54529
  5. #c94e36
  6. #bd5642
  7. #b15e4e
  8. #a5675b
  9. #986f67
  10. #8c7874
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #be6a66 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #736500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a49100 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0029 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b95400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cc7600 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff001f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa2c04 {
  color: #fa2c04;
}
Background
.bg-fa2c04 {
  background-color: #fa2c04;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa2c04 {
  border: 2px solid #fa2c04;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa2c04;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 44 4;
  --color-primary-hsl: 10 97% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa2c04 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa2c04, #faa704);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa2c04 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 44 4 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 0.79 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 0.82 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 1.95 #ff0000 Red ΔE 2.21 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 2.35 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 4.37 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 5.53 #05d3fb Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Scarlet
#fa2c04  rgb(250, 44, 4)  hsl(10, 97%, 50%)  Scarlet
#04d2fa  rgb(4, 210, 250)  hsl(190, 97%, 50%)  Sky Blue
#04fa2c  rgb(4, 250, 44)  hsl(130, 97%, 50%)  Lime
#2c04fa  rgb(44, 4, 250)  hsl(250, 97%, 50%)  Blue