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#FA3828

#fa3828 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa3828 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 21.96% green and 15.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 77.6% magenta, 84% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 4.57°, with 95.45% saturation and 56.86% 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 5.66:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 3.89.

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Relative luminance0.2331

Complementary

  1. #fa3828
  2. #28eafa

Split complementary

  1. #fa3828
  2. #28faa1
  3. #2881fa

Analogous

  1. #fa2881
  2. #fa3828
  3. #faa128

Triadic

  1. #fa3828
  2. #28fa38
  3. #3828fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa3828
  2. #eafa28
  3. #28eafa
  4. #3828fa

Square

  1. #fa3828
  2. #81fa28
  3. #28eafa
  4. #a128fa

Monochromatic

  1. #860d03
  2. #d11405
  3. #fa3828
  4. #fc7d73
  5. #fdc2be

Shades

#fa3828 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa3828
  2. #e13224
  3. #c82d20
  4. #af271c
  5. #962218
  6. #7d1c14
  7. #641610
  8. #4b110c
  9. #320b08
  10. #190604
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa3828 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa3828
  2. #fb4c3e
  3. #fb6053
  4. #fc7469
  5. #fc887e
  6. #fd9c94
  7. #fdafa9
  8. #fec3bf
  9. #fed7d4
  10. #ffebea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa3828 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa3828
  2. #ee3f31
  3. #e2463a
  4. #d54e42
  5. #c9554b
  6. #bd5c54
  7. #b1635d
  8. #a56a66
  9. #98726e
  10. #8c7977
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #858585 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bf6e6b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #776923 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6941b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0037 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba5a25 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cd7a21 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff0032 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa3828 {
  color: #fa3828;
}
Background
.bg-fa3828 {
  background-color: #fa3828;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa3828 {
  border: 2px solid #fa3828;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa3828;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 56 40;
  --color-primary-hsl: 5 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa3828 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa3828, #faa128);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa3828 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 56 40 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 3.89 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.94 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 4.02 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.15 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 4.35 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 4.35 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 5.22 #05c7d7 Inverted #858585 Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#fa3828  rgb(250, 56, 40)  hsl(5, 95%, 57%)  Candy Apple Red
#28eafa  rgb(40, 234, 250)  hsl(185, 95%, 57%)  Electric Blue
#28fa38  rgb(40, 250, 56)  hsl(125, 95%, 57%)  Lime
#3828fa  rgb(56, 40, 250)  hsl(245, 95%, 57%)  Han Purple