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#FA491F

#fa491f ≈ Coquelicot

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa491f 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 12.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 70.8% magenta, 87.6% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 11.51°, 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 6.04:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Coquelicot (#ff3800), ΔE 2.35.

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Relative luminance0.2519

Complementary

  1. #fa491f
  2. #1fd0fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa491f
  2. #1ffab7
  3. #1f62fa

Analogous

  1. #fa1f62
  2. #fa491f
  3. #fab71f

Triadic

  1. #fa491f
  2. #1ffa49
  3. #491ffa

Tetradic

  1. #fa491f
  2. #d0fa1f
  3. #1fd0fa
  4. #491ffa

Square

  1. #fa491f
  2. #62fa1f
  3. #1fd0fa
  4. #b71ffa

Monochromatic

  1. #7d1a03
  2. #c82a04
  3. #fa491f
  4. #fc866a
  5. #fdc3b5

Shades

#fa491f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa491f
  2. #e1421c
  3. #c83a19
  4. #af3316
  5. #962c13
  6. #7d2510
  7. #641d0c
  8. #4b1609
  9. #320f06
  10. #190703
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa491f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa491f
  2. #fb5b35
  3. #fb6d4c
  4. #fc8062
  5. #fc9279
  6. #fda48f
  7. #fdb6a5
  8. #fec8bc
  9. #fedbd2
  10. #ffede9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa491f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa491f
  2. #ee4f29
  3. #e25432
  4. #d55a3c
  5. #c95f46
  6. #bd6550
  7. #b16a59
  8. #a57063
  9. #98756d
  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 #7f7015 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ab980f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0042 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd6319 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cf8017 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff2737 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa491f {
  color: #fa491f;
}
Background
.bg-fa491f {
  background-color: #fa491f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa491f {
  border: 2px solid #fa491f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa491f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 73 31;
  --color-primary-hsl: 12 96% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa491f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa491f, #fab71f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa491f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 73 31 / 0.35);
}

#ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 2.35 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 2.81 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 3.36 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 3.65 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 3.87 #ff4f00 International Orange ΔE 4.20 #e25822 Flame ΔE 4.88 #05b6e0 Inverted #898989 Grayscale 

Coquelicot
#fa491f  rgb(250, 73, 31)  hsl(12, 96%, 55%)  Coquelicot
#1fd0fa  rgb(31, 208, 250)  hsl(192, 96%, 55%)  Sky Blue
#1ffa49  rgb(31, 250, 73)  hsl(132, 96%, 55%)  Lime
#491ffa  rgb(73, 31, 250)  hsl(252, 96%, 55%)  Han Purple