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#FA6E59

#fa6e59 ≈ Bittersweet

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fa6e59 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 43.14% green and 34.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 56% magenta, 64.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 7.83°, with 94.15% saturation and 66.47% 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 7.44:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bittersweet (#fe6f5e), ΔE 1.35.

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Relative luminance0.322

Complementary

  1. #fa6e59
  2. #59e5fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa6e59
  2. #59fabf
  3. #5994fa

Analogous

  1. #fa5994
  2. #fa6e59
  3. #fabf59

Triadic

  1. #fa6e59
  2. #59fa6e
  3. #6e59fa

Tetradic

  1. #fa6e59
  2. #e5fa59
  3. #59e5fa
  4. #6e59fa

Square

  1. #fa6e59
  2. #94fa59
  3. #59e5fa
  4. #bf59fa

Monochromatic

  1. #b51c05
  2. #f82d0f
  3. #fa6e59
  4. #fcafa3
  5. #feeeeb

Shades

#fa6e59 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa6e59
  2. #e16350
  3. #c85847
  4. #af4d3e
  5. #964235
  6. #7d372d
  7. #642c24
  8. #4b211b
  9. #321612
  10. #190b09
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa6e59 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa6e59
  2. #fb7d6a
  3. #fb8b7a
  4. #fc9a8b
  5. #fca89b
  6. #fdb7ac
  7. #fdc5bd
  8. #fed4cd
  9. #fee2de
  10. #fff1ee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa6e59 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa6e59
  2. #ee705d
  3. #e27261
  4. #d57365
  5. #c97569
  6. #bd776d
  7. #b17970
  8. #a57b74
  9. #987c78
  10. #8c7e7c
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.44:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c88a85 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #928756 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b5a556 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff5269 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c57e57 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d49257 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff5f63 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa6e59 {
  color: #fa6e59;
}
Background
.bg-fa6e59 {
  background-color: #fa6e59;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa6e59 {
  border: 2px solid #fa6e59;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa6e59;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 110 89;
  --color-primary-hsl: 8 94% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa6e59 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa6e59, #fabf59);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa6e59 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 110 89 / 0.35);
}

#fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 1.35 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 3.13 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 3.43 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 4.17 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.74 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 5.01 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 7.51 #0591a6 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Bittersweet
#fa6e59  rgb(250, 110, 89)  hsl(8, 94%, 66%)  Bittersweet
#59e5fa  rgb(89, 229, 250)  hsl(188, 94%, 66%)  Electric Blue
#59fa6e  rgb(89, 250, 110)  hsl(128, 94%, 66%)  Spring Green
#6e59fa  rgb(110, 89, 250)  hsl(248, 94%, 66%)  Medium Slate Blue