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#FA331F

#fa331f ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa331f 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 12.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 79.6% magenta, 87.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 5.48°, with 95.63% saturation and 55.1% 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 5.56:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 2.73.

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Relative luminance0.2279

Complementary

  1. #fa331f
  2. #1fe6fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa331f
  2. #1ffaa1
  3. #1f79fa

Analogous

  1. #fa1f79
  2. #fa331f
  3. #faa11f

Triadic

  1. #fa331f
  2. #1ffa33
  3. #331ffa

Tetradic

  1. #fa331f
  2. #e6fa1f
  3. #1fe6fa
  4. #331ffa

Square

  1. #fa331f
  2. #79fa1f
  3. #1fe6fa
  4. #a11ffa

Monochromatic

  1. #7d0e03
  2. #c81604
  3. #fa331f
  4. #fc776a
  5. #fdbbb5

Shades

#fa331f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa331f
  2. #e12e1c
  3. #c82919
  4. #af2416
  5. #961f13
  6. #7d1a10
  7. #64140c
  8. #4b0f09
  9. #320a06
  10. #190503
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa331f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa331f
  2. #fb4735
  3. #fb5c4c
  4. #fc7062
  5. #fc8579
  6. #fd998f
  7. #fdada5
  8. #fec2bc
  9. #fed6d2
  10. #ffebe9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa331f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa331f
  2. #ee3b29
  3. #e24232
  4. #d54a3c
  5. #c95246
  6. #bd5a50
  7. #b16159
  8. #a56963
  9. #98716d
  10. #8c7876
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.78:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.56:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #838383 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bf6c69 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #756718 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a5930b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0032 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba571b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cd7815 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff002b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa331f {
  color: #fa331f;
}
Background
.bg-fa331f {
  background-color: #fa331f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa331f {
  border: 2px solid #fa331f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa331f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 51 31;
  --color-primary-hsl: 5 96% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa331f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa331f, #faa11f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa331f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 51 31 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 2.73 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 2.77 #ff0000 Red ΔE 2.81 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 2.93 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.20 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 4.87 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 4.87 #05cce0 Inverted #838383 Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#fa331f  rgb(250, 51, 31)  hsl(5, 96%, 55%)  Candy Apple Red
#1fe6fa  rgb(31, 230, 250)  hsl(185, 96%, 55%)  Electric Blue
#1ffa33  rgb(31, 250, 51)  hsl(125, 96%, 55%)  Lime
#331ffa  rgb(51, 31, 250)  hsl(245, 96%, 55%)  Ultramarine