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#FC421E

#fc421e ≈ Coquelicot

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fc421e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 25.88% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 73.81% magenta, 88.1% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 9.73°, with 97.37% saturation and 55.29% 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 5.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Coquelicot (#ff3800), ΔE 2.4.

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Relative luminance0.2469

Complementary

  1. #fc421e
  2. #1ed8fc

Split complementary

  1. #fc421e
  2. #1efcb1
  3. #1e69fc

Analogous

  1. #fc1e69
  2. #fc421e
  3. #fcb11e

Triadic

  1. #fc421e
  2. #1efc42
  3. #421efc

Tetradic

  1. #fc421e
  2. #d8fc1e
  3. #1ed8fc
  4. #421efc

Square

  1. #fc421e
  2. #69fc1e
  3. #1ed8fc
  4. #b11efc

Monochromatic

  1. #7f1602
  2. #cb2303
  3. #fc421e
  4. #fd8169
  5. #fec1b5

Shades

#fc421e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fc421e
  2. #e33b1b
  3. #ca3518
  4. #b02e15
  5. #972812
  6. #7e210f
  7. #651a0c
  8. #4c1409
  9. #320d06
  10. #190703
  11. #000000

Tints

#fc421e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fc421e
  2. #fc5535
  3. #fd684b
  4. #fd7b62
  5. #fd8e78
  6. #fea18f
  7. #feb3a5
  8. #fec6bc
  9. #fed9d2
  10. #ffece9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fc421e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fc421e
  2. #f04828
  3. #e34e32
  4. #d7553b
  5. #ca5b45
  6. #be614f
  7. #b26759
  8. #a56d63
  9. #99746c
  10. #8c7a76
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.54:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #888888 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2736d ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7c6e15 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aa970b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff003d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd5f19 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d07e14 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff1533 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fc421e {
  color: #fc421e;
}
Background
.bg-fc421e {
  background-color: #fc421e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fc421e {
  border: 2px solid #fc421e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fc421e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 66 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 10 97% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fc421e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fc421e, #fcb11e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fc421e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 66 30 / 0.35);
}

#ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 2.40 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 2.68 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 2.90 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 3.57 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 4.14 #ff0000 Red ΔE 4.37 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 4.82 #03bde1 Inverted #888888 Grayscale 

Coquelicot
#fc421e  rgb(252, 66, 30)  hsl(10, 97%, 55%)  Coquelicot
#1ed8fc  rgb(30, 216, 252)  hsl(190, 97%, 55%)  Sky Blue
#1efc42  rgb(30, 252, 66)  hsl(130, 97%, 55%)  Lime
#421efc  rgb(66, 30, 252)  hsl(250, 97%, 55%)  Han Purple