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#FA4530

#fa4530 ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa4530 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 27.06% green and 18.82% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 72.4% magenta, 80.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 6.24°, with 95.28% saturation and 58.43% 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 5.96:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Scarlet (#ff2400), ΔE 4.88.

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Relative luminance0.2479

Complementary

  1. #fa4530
  2. #30e5fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa4530
  2. #30faaa
  3. #3080fa

Analogous

  1. #fa3080
  2. #fa4530
  3. #faaa30

Triadic

  1. #fa4530
  2. #30fa45
  3. #4530fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa4530
  2. #e5fa30
  3. #30e5fa
  4. #4530fa

Square

  1. #fa4530
  2. #80fa30
  3. #30e5fa
  4. #aa30fa

Monochromatic

  1. #8e1203
  2. #d81b05
  3. #fa4530
  4. #fc887b
  5. #fecbc5

Shades

#fa4530 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa4530
  2. #e13e2b
  3. #c83726
  4. #af3022
  5. #96291d
  6. #7d2318
  7. #641c13
  8. #4b150e
  9. #320e0a
  10. #190705
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa4530 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa4530
  2. #fb5845
  3. #fb6a59
  4. #fc7d6e
  5. #fc8f83
  6. #fda298
  7. #fdb5ac
  8. #fec7c1
  9. #fedad6
  10. #ffecea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa4530 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa4530
  2. #ee4b38
  3. #e25140
  4. #d55748
  5. #c95d50
  6. #bd6358
  7. #b16860
  8. #a56e68
  9. #987470
  10. #8c7a78
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.52:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.96:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c17370 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c6f2b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a99727 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0042 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bc612d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ce7e2b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff203c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa4530 {
  color: #fa4530;
}
Background
.bg-fa4530 {
  background-color: #fa4530;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa4530 {
  border: 2px solid #fa4530;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa4530;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 69 48;
  --color-primary-hsl: 6 95% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa4530 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa4530, #faaa30);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa4530 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 69 48 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 4.88 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.88 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 4.98 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 4.98 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 5.22 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 5.30 #ff0000 Red ΔE 5.32 #05bacf Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Scarlet
#fa4530  rgb(250, 69, 48)  hsl(6, 95%, 58%)  Scarlet
#30e5fa  rgb(48, 229, 250)  hsl(186, 95%, 58%)  Electric Blue
#30fa45  rgb(48, 250, 69)  hsl(126, 95%, 58%)  Lime
#4530fa  rgb(69, 48, 250)  hsl(246, 95%, 58%)  Han Purple