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#FA4E49

#fa4e49 ≈ Pastel Red

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fa4e49 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 30.59% green and 28.63% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 68.8% magenta, 70.8% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 1.69°, with 94.65% saturation and 63.33% 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 6.25:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Pastel Red (#ff6961), ΔE 5.26.

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Web safe#ff6633
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Relative luminance0.2625

Complementary

  1. #fa4e49
  2. #49f5fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa4e49
  2. #49faa6
  3. #499dfa

Analogous

  1. #fa499d
  2. #fa4e49
  3. #faa649

Triadic

  1. #fa4e49
  2. #49fa4e
  3. #4e49fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa4e49
  2. #f5fa49
  3. #49f5fa
  4. #4e49fa

Square

  1. #fa4e49
  2. #9dfa49
  3. #49f5fa
  4. #a649fa

Monochromatic

  1. #a50905
  2. #f00d07
  3. #fa4e49
  4. #fc9693
  5. #fedfde

Shades

#fa4e49 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa4e49
  2. #e14642
  3. #c83e3a
  4. #af3733
  5. #962f2c
  6. #7d2725
  7. #641f1d
  8. #4b1716
  9. #32100f
  10. #190807
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa4e49 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa4e49
  2. #fb605b
  3. #fb716d
  4. #fc8380
  5. #fc9592
  6. #fda7a4
  7. #fdb8b6
  8. #fecac8
  9. #fedcdb
  10. #ffeded
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa4e49 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa4e49
  2. #ee534f
  3. #e25854
  4. #d55d5a
  5. #c9625f
  6. #bd6765
  7. #b16c6a
  8. #a57170
  9. #987675
  10. #8c7b7b
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.36:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.25:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c27877 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f7447 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aa9a43 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff114f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd6748 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cf8246 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff344c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa4e49 {
  color: #fa4e49;
}
Background
.bg-fa4e49 {
  background-color: #fa4e49;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa4e49 {
  border: 2px solid #fa4e49;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa4e49;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 78 73;
  --color-primary-hsl: 2 95% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa4e49 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa4e49, #faa649);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa4e49 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 78 73 / 0.35);
}

#ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 5.26 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 5.72 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 5.84 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.15 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 6.21 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 6.21 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 7.49 #05b1b6 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Pastel Red
#fa4e49  rgb(250, 78, 73)  hsl(2, 95%, 63%)  Pastel Red
#49f5fa  rgb(73, 245, 250)  hsl(182, 95%, 63%)  Aqua
#49fa4e  rgb(73, 250, 78)  hsl(122, 95%, 63%)  Neon Green
#4e49fa  rgb(78, 73, 250)  hsl(242, 95%, 63%)  Majorelle Blue