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#FA4E2A

#fa4e2a ≈ Coquelicot

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa4e2a is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 30.59% green and 16.47% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 68.8% magenta, 83.2% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 10.38°, with 95.41% saturation and 57.25% 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 6.19:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Coquelicot (#ff3800), ΔE 3.69.

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Web safe#ff6633
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Relative luminance0.2594

Complementary

  1. #fa4e2a
  2. #2ad6fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa4e2a
  2. #2afab6
  3. #2a6efa

Analogous

  1. #fa2a6e
  2. #fa4e2a
  3. #fab62a

Triadic

  1. #fa4e2a
  2. #2afa4e
  3. #4e2afa

Tetradic

  1. #fa4e2a
  2. #d6fa2a
  3. #2ad6fa
  4. #4e2afa

Square

  1. #fa4e2a
  2. #6efa2a
  3. #2ad6fa
  4. #b62afa

Monochromatic

  1. #881a03
  2. #d32905
  3. #fa4e2a
  4. #fc8c75
  5. #fecabf

Shades

#fa4e2a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa4e2a
  2. #e14626
  3. #c83e22
  4. #af371d
  5. #962f19
  6. #7d2715
  7. #641f11
  8. #4b170d
  9. #321008
  10. #190804
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa4e2a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa4e2a
  2. #fb603f
  3. #fb7155
  4. #fc836a
  5. #fc957f
  6. #fda795
  7. #fdb8aa
  8. #fecabf
  9. #fedcd4
  10. #ffedea
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa4e2a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa4e2a
  2. #ee5333
  3. #e2583b
  4. #d55d44
  5. #c9624c
  6. #bd6755
  7. #b16c5e
  8. #a57166
  9. #98766f
  10. #8c7b77
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.39:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8b8b8b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c27771 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #817323 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ac9920 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0048 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #be6626 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d08224 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff303e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa4e2a {
  color: #fa4e2a;
}
Background
.bg-fa4e2a {
  background-color: #fa4e2a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa4e2a {
  border: 2px solid #fa4e2a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa4e2a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 78 42;
  --color-primary-hsl: 10 95% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa4e2a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa4e2a, #fab62a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa4e2a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 78 42 / 0.35);
}

#ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 3.69 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 4.08 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.34 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 4.56 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 4.82 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 5.03 #ff4f00 International Orange ΔE 5.19 #05b1d5 Inverted #8b8b8b Grayscale 

Coquelicot
#fa4e2a  rgb(250, 78, 42)  hsl(10, 95%, 57%)  Coquelicot
#2ad6fa  rgb(42, 214, 250)  hsl(190, 95%, 57%)  Sky Blue
#2afa4e  rgb(42, 250, 78)  hsl(130, 95%, 57%)  Lime
#4e2afa  rgb(78, 42, 250)  hsl(250, 95%, 57%)  Han Purple