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#FA6468

#fa6468 ≈ Pastel Red

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fa6468 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 39.22% green and 40.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 60% magenta, 58.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 358.4°, with 93.75% saturation and 68.63% 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 7.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Red (#ff6961), ΔE 3.47.

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Relative luminance0.3044

Complementary

  1. #fa6468
  2. #64faf6

Split complementary

  1. #fa6468
  2. #64faab
  3. #64b3fa

Analogous

  1. #fa64b3
  2. #fa6468
  3. #faab64

Triadic

  1. #fa6468
  2. #68fa64
  3. #6468fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa6468
  2. #faf664
  3. #64faf6
  4. #6468fa

Square

  1. #fa6468
  2. #b3fa64
  3. #64faf6
  4. #ab64fa

Monochromatic

  1. #bf060b
  2. #f81a20
  3. #fa6468
  4. #fcaeb0
  5. #feebec

Shades

#fa6468 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa6468
  2. #e15a5e
  3. #c85053
  4. #af4649
  5. #963c3e
  6. #7d3234
  7. #64282a
  8. #4b1e1f
  9. #321415
  10. #190a0a
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa6468 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa6468
  2. #fb7477
  3. #fb8386
  4. #fc9395
  5. #fca2a4
  6. #fdb2b4
  7. #fdc1c3
  8. #fed1d2
  9. #fee0e1
  10. #fff0f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa6468 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa6468
  2. #ee676a
  3. #e26a6d
  4. #d56c6f
  5. #c96f72
  6. #bd7274
  7. #b17576
  8. #a57879
  9. #987a7b
  10. #8c7d7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c68586 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #898267 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afa264 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff4867 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c17767 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d18d66 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff5467 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa6468 {
  color: #fa6468;
}
Background
.bg-fa6468 {
  background-color: #fa6468;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa6468 {
  border: 2px solid #fa6468;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa6468;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 100 104;
  --color-primary-hsl: 358 94% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa6468 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa6468, #faab64);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa6468 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 100 104 / 0.35);
}

#ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 3.47 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 5.76 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 5.97 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 6.28 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 6.59 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 8.14 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 8.78 #059b97 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Pastel Red
#fa6468  rgb(250, 100, 104)  hsl(358, 94%, 69%)  Pastel Red
#64faf6  rgb(100, 250, 246)  hsl(178, 94%, 69%)  Aqua
#68fa64  rgb(104, 250, 100)  hsl(118, 94%, 69%)  Neon Green
#6468fa  rgb(100, 104, 250)  hsl(238, 94%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue