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#FC2B05

#fc2b05 ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fc2b05 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 16.86% green and 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 82.94% magenta, 98.02% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 9.23°, with 97.63% saturation and 50.39% 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 5.49:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Scarlet (#ff2400), ΔE 0.5.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.2243

Complementary

  1. #fc2b05
  2. #05d6fc

Split complementary

  1. #fc2b05
  2. #05fca6
  3. #055afc

Analogous

  1. #fc055a
  2. #fc2b05
  3. #fca605

Triadic

  1. #fc2b05
  2. #05fc2b
  3. #2b05fc

Tetradic

  1. #fc2b05
  2. #d6fc05
  3. #05d6fc
  4. #2b05fc

Square

  1. #fc2b05
  2. #5afc05
  3. #05d6fc
  4. #a605fc

Monochromatic

  1. #671101
  2. #b21d02
  3. #fc2b05
  4. #fd6b51
  5. #feab9c

Shades

#fc2b05 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fc2b05
  2. #e32705
  3. #ca2204
  4. #b01e04
  5. #971a03
  6. #7e1603
  7. #651102
  8. #4c0d02
  9. #320901
  10. #190401
  11. #000000

Tints

#fc2b05 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fc2b05
  2. #fc401e
  3. #fd5537
  4. #fd6b50
  5. #fd8069
  6. #fe9582
  7. #feaa9b
  8. #febfb4
  9. #fed5cd
  10. #ffeae6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fc2b05 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fc2b05
  2. #f03411
  3. #e33c1e
  4. #d7452a
  5. #ca4d36
  6. #be5643
  7. #b25e4f
  8. #a5675b
  9. #996f67
  10. #8c7874
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bf6a67 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #746500 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a59200 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0029 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ba5400 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ce7700 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff001f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fc2b05 {
  color: #fc2b05;
}
Background
.bg-fc2b05 {
  background-color: #fc2b05;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fc2b05 {
  border: 2px solid #fc2b05;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fc2b05;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 43 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 9 98% 50%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fc2b05 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fc2b05, #fca605);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fc2b05 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 43 5 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 0.50 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 0.54 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 1.88 #ff0000 Red ΔE 2.15 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 2.26 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 4.32 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 5.56 #03d4fa Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Scarlet
#fc2b05  rgb(252, 43, 5)  hsl(9, 98%, 50%)  Scarlet
#05d6fc  rgb(5, 214, 252)  hsl(189, 98%, 50%)  Sky Blue
#05fc2b  rgb(5, 252, 43)  hsl(129, 98%, 50%)  Lime
#2b05fc  rgb(43, 5, 252)  hsl(249, 98%, 50%)  Blue