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#FA501E

#fa501e ≈ Orange Red

  • orange
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fa501e is a color from the orange family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 31.37% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 68% magenta, 88% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 13.64°, with 95.65% saturation and 54.9% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with enthusiasm, warmth and creativity. Designers typically use it for call-to-action buttons and food and restaurant brands. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.23:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Orange Red (#ff4500), ΔE 2.09.

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Relative luminance0.2616

Complementary

  1. #fa501e
  2. #1ec8fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa501e
  2. #1efabe
  3. #1e5afa

Analogous

  1. #fa1e5a
  2. #fa501e
  3. #fabe1e

Triadic

  1. #fa501e
  2. #1efa50
  3. #501efa

Tetradic

  1. #fa501e
  2. #c8fa1e
  3. #1ec8fa
  4. #501efa

Square

  1. #fa501e
  2. #5afa1e
  3. #1ec8fa
  4. #be1efa

Monochromatic

  1. #7c1e03
  2. #c73104
  3. #fa501e
  4. #fc8a69
  5. #fdc4b4

Shades

#fa501e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa501e
  2. #e1481b
  3. #c84018
  4. #af3815
  5. #963012
  6. #7d280f
  7. #64200c
  8. #4b1809
  9. #321006
  10. #190803
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa501e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa501e
  2. #fb6235
  3. #fb734b
  4. #fc8562
  5. #fc9678
  6. #fda88f
  7. #fdb9a5
  8. #fecbbc
  9. #fedcd2
  10. #ffeee9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa501e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa501e
  2. #ee5528
  3. #e25a32
  4. #d55e3b
  5. #c96345
  6. #bd684f
  7. #b16d59
  8. #a57263
  9. #98766c
  10. #8c7b76
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8c8c8c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c27870 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #837412 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #ad9a0f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0548 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bf6717 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d08316 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff333b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa501e {
  color: #fa501e;
}
Background
.bg-fa501e {
  background-color: #fa501e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa501e {
  border: 2px solid #fa501e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa501e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 80 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 14 96% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa501e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa501e, #fabe1e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa501e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 80 30 / 0.35);
}

#ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 2.09 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 2.70 #ff4f00 International Orange ΔE 2.84 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 2.93 #e25822 Flame ΔE 4.33 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.53 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 4.87 #05afe1 Inverted #8c8c8c Grayscale 

Orange Red
#fa501e  rgb(250, 80, 30)  hsl(14, 96%, 55%)  Orange Red
#1ec8fa  rgb(30, 200, 250)  hsl(194, 96%, 55%)  Deep Sky Blue
#1efa50  rgb(30, 250, 80)  hsl(134, 96%, 55%)  Lime
#501efa  rgb(80, 30, 250)  hsl(254, 96%, 55%)  Han Purple