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#FA785E

#fa785e ≈ Bittersweet

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fa785e is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 47.06% green and 36.86% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 52% magenta, 62.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 10°, with 93.98% saturation and 67.45% 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 7.91:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bittersweet (#fe6f5e), ΔE 2.86.

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Relative luminance0.3457

Complementary

  1. #fa785e
  2. #5ee0fa

Split complementary

  1. #fa785e
  2. #5efac6
  3. #5e92fa

Analogous

  1. #fa5e92
  2. #fa785e
  3. #fac65e

Triadic

  1. #fa785e
  2. #5efa78
  3. #785efa

Tetradic

  1. #fa785e
  2. #e0fa5e
  3. #5ee0fa
  4. #785efa

Square

  1. #fa785e
  2. #92fa5e
  3. #5ee0fa
  4. #c65efa

Monochromatic

  1. #b92406
  2. #f83a14
  3. #fa785e
  4. #fcb6a8
  5. #feeeeb

Shades

#fa785e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa785e
  2. #e16c55
  3. #c8604b
  4. #af5442
  5. #964838
  6. #7d3c2f
  7. #643026
  8. #4b241c
  9. #321813
  10. #190c09
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa785e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa785e
  2. #fb866e
  3. #fb937e
  4. #fca18e
  5. #fcae9e
  6. #fdbcaf
  7. #fdc9bf
  8. #fed7cf
  9. #fee4df
  10. #fff2ef
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa785e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa785e
  2. #ee7961
  3. #e27a65
  4. #d57a68
  5. #c97b6c
  6. #bd7c6f
  7. #b17d72
  8. #a57e76
  9. #987e79
  10. #8c7f7d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.91:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ca918a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #998d5b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9aa5b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff6072 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c8855c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d6985c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff6a6b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa785e {
  color: #fa785e;
}
Background
.bg-fa785e {
  background-color: #fa785e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa785e {
  border: 2px solid #fa785e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa785e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 120 94;
  --color-primary-hsl: 10 94% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa785e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa785e, #fac65e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa785e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 120 94 / 0.35);
}

#fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 2.86 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.19 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 4.27 #e97451 Burnt Sienna ΔE 4.28 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 4.51 #ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 5.19 #ff7f50 Coral ΔE 5.67 #0587a1 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Bittersweet
#fa785e  rgb(250, 120, 94)  hsl(10, 94%, 67%)  Bittersweet
#5ee0fa  rgb(94, 224, 250)  hsl(190, 94%, 67%)  Sky Blue
#5efa78  rgb(94, 250, 120)  hsl(130, 94%, 67%)  Spring Green
#785efa  rgb(120, 94, 250)  hsl(250, 94%, 67%)  Medium Slate Blue