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#FA331A

#fa331a ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa331a is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 20% green and 10.2% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 79.6% magenta, 89.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 6.7°, with 95.73% saturation and 54.12% 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 5.55:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Scarlet (#ff2400), ΔE 2.05.

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Relative luminance0.2277

Complementary

  1. #fa331a
  2. #1ae1fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa331a
  2. #1afaa3
  3. #1a71fa

Analogous

  1. #fa1a71
  2. #fa331a
  3. #faa31a

Triadic

  1. #fa331a
  2. #1afa33
  3. #331afa

Tetradic

  1. #fa331a
  2. #e1fa1a
  3. #1ae1fa
  4. #331afa

Square

  1. #fa331a
  2. #71fa1a
  3. #1ae1fa
  4. #a31afa

Monochromatic

  1. #781003
  2. #c31a04
  3. #fa331a
  4. #fc7665
  5. #fdb8b0

Shades

#fa331a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa331a
  2. #e12e17
  3. #c82915
  4. #af2412
  5. #961f10
  6. #7d1a0d
  7. #64140a
  8. #4b0f08
  9. #320a05
  10. #190503
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa331a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa331a
  2. #fb4731
  3. #fb5c48
  4. #fc705f
  5. #fc8576
  6. #fd998d
  7. #fdada3
  8. #fec2ba
  9. #fed6d1
  10. #ffebe8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa331a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa331a
  2. #ee3b24
  3. #e2422e
  4. #d54a39
  5. #c95243
  6. #bd5a4d
  7. #b16157
  8. #a56961
  9. #98716c
  10. #8c7876
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.55:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bf6c69 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #756711 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a59300 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0031 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba5715 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cd780e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff0029 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa331a {
  color: #fa331a;
}
Background
.bg-fa331a {
  background-color: #fa331a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa331a {
  border: 2px solid #fa331a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa331a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 51 26;
  --color-primary-hsl: 7 96% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa331a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa331a, #faa31a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa331a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 51 26 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 2.05 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 2.17 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 2.35 #ff0000 Red ΔE 2.50 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 3.45 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 5.29 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 5.41 #05cce5 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Scarlet
#fa331a  rgb(250, 51, 26)  hsl(7, 96%, 54%)  Scarlet
#1ae1fa  rgb(26, 225, 250)  hsl(187, 96%, 54%)  Electric Blue
#1afa33  rgb(26, 250, 51)  hsl(127, 96%, 54%)  Lime
#331afa  rgb(51, 26, 250)  hsl(247, 96%, 54%)  Ultramarine