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#FA491D

#fa491d ≈ Coquelicot

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa491d is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 28.63% green and 11.37% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 70.8% magenta, 88.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 11.95°, with 95.67% saturation and 54.71% 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 6.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Coquelicot (#ff3800), ΔE 2.18.

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Relative luminance0.2518

Complementary

  1. #fa491d
  2. #1dcefa

Split complementary

  1. #fa491d
  2. #1dfab8
  3. #1d5ffa

Analogous

  1. #fa1d5f
  2. #fa491d
  3. #fab81d

Triadic

  1. #fa491d
  2. #1dfa49
  3. #491dfa

Tetradic

  1. #fa491d
  2. #cefa1d
  3. #1dcefa
  4. #491dfa

Square

  1. #fa491d
  2. #5ffa1d
  3. #1dcefa
  4. #b81dfa

Monochromatic

  1. #7b1b03
  2. #c62b04
  3. #fa491d
  4. #fc8568
  5. #fdc2b3

Shades

#fa491d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa491d
  2. #e1421a
  3. #c83a17
  4. #af3314
  5. #962c11
  6. #7d250f
  7. #641d0c
  8. #4b1609
  9. #320f06
  10. #190703
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa491d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa491d
  2. #fb5b34
  3. #fb6d4a
  4. #fc8061
  5. #fc9277
  6. #fda48e
  7. #fdb6a5
  8. #fec8bb
  9. #fedbd2
  10. #ffede8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa491d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa491d
  2. #ee4f27
  3. #e25431
  4. #d55a3b
  5. #c95f45
  6. #bd654f
  7. #b16a58
  8. #a57062
  9. #98756c
  10. #8c7b76
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #898989 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c1756e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f7012 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ab980b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0042 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd6317 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cf8014 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff2736 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa491d {
  color: #fa491d;
}
Background
.bg-fa491d {
  background-color: #fa491d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa491d {
  border: 2px solid #fa491d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa491d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 73 29;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 96% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa491d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa491d, #fab81d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa491d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 73 29 / 0.35);
}

#ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 2.18 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 2.51 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.35 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 3.56 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.67 #ff4f00 International Orange ΔE 3.92 #e25822 Flame ΔE 4.74 #05b6e2 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Coquelicot
#fa491d  rgb(250, 73, 29)  hsl(12, 96%, 55%)  Coquelicot
#1dcefa  rgb(29, 206, 250)  hsl(192, 96%, 55%)  Deep Sky Blue
#1dfa49  rgb(29, 250, 73)  hsl(132, 96%, 55%)  Lime
#491dfa  rgb(73, 29, 250)  hsl(252, 96%, 55%)  Han Purple