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#FA3020

#fa3020 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa3020 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 18.82% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 80.8% magenta, 87.2% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 4.4°, with 95.61% saturation and 55.29% 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 5.51:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 2.8.

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Relative luminance0.2254

Complementary

  1. #fa3020
  2. #20eafa

Split complementary

  1. #fa3020
  2. #20fa9d
  3. #207dfa

Analogous

  1. #fa207d
  2. #fa3020
  3. #fa9d20

Triadic

  1. #fa3020
  2. #20fa30
  3. #3020fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa3020
  2. #eafa20
  3. #20eafa
  4. #3020fa

Square

  1. #fa3020
  2. #7dfa20
  3. #20eafa
  4. #9d20fa

Monochromatic

  1. #7e0c03
  2. #c91305
  3. #fa3020
  4. #fc756b
  5. #fdbbb6

Shades

#fa3020 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa3020
  2. #e12b1d
  3. #c8261a
  4. #af2216
  5. #961d13
  6. #7d1810
  7. #64130d
  8. #4b0e0a
  9. #320a06
  10. #190503
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa3020 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa3020
  2. #fb4536
  3. #fb594d
  4. #fc6e63
  5. #fc8379
  6. #fd9890
  7. #fdaca6
  8. #fec1bc
  9. #fed6d2
  10. #ffeae9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa3020 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa3020
  2. #ee382a
  3. #e24033
  4. #d5483d
  5. #c95046
  6. #bd5850
  7. #b1605a
  8. #a56863
  9. #98706d
  10. #8c7876
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.51:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #be6b69 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #74661a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a4920d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0030 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b9561c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cc7716 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff002a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa3020 {
  color: #fa3020;
}
Background
.bg-fa3020 {
  background-color: #fa3020;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa3020 {
  border: 2px solid #fa3020;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa3020;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 48 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 4 96% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa3020 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa3020, #fa9d20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa3020 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 48 32 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 2.80 #ff0000 Red ΔE 2.84 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.13 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.33 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 4.59 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 4.59 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.71 #05cfdf Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#fa3020  rgb(250, 48, 32)  hsl(4, 96%, 55%)  Candy Apple Red
#20eafa  rgb(32, 234, 250)  hsl(184, 96%, 55%)  Electric Blue
#20fa30  rgb(32, 250, 48)  hsl(124, 96%, 55%)  Lime
#3020fa  rgb(48, 32, 250)  hsl(244, 96%, 55%)  Ultramarine