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#FE2012

#fe2012 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fe2012 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 99.61% red, 12.55% green and 7.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 87.4% magenta, 92.91% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 3.56°, with 99.16% saturation and 53.33% 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 5.43:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 1.36.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.2215

Complementary

  1. #fe2012
  2. #12f0fe

Split complementary

  1. #fe2012
  2. #12fe96
  3. #127afe

Analogous

  1. #fe127a
  2. #fe2012
  3. #fe9612

Triadic

  1. #fe2012
  2. #12fe20
  3. #2012fe

Tetradic

  1. #fe2012
  2. #f0fe12
  3. #12f0fe
  4. #2012fe

Square

  1. #fe2012
  2. #7afe12
  3. #12f0fe
  4. #9612fe

Monochromatic

  1. #760800
  2. #c30c01
  3. #fe2012
  4. #fe685e
  5. #ffafaa

Shades

#fe2012 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fe2012
  2. #e51d10
  3. #cb1a0e
  4. #b2160d
  5. #98130b
  6. #7f1009
  7. #660d07
  8. #4c0a05
  9. #330604
  10. #190302
  11. #000000

Tints

#fe2012 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fe2012
  2. #fe362a
  3. #fe4d41
  4. #fe6359
  5. #fe7971
  6. #ff9089
  7. #ffa6a0
  8. #ffbcb8
  9. #ffd2d0
  10. #ffe9e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fe2012 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fe2012
  2. #f12a1d
  3. #e53328
  4. #d83d33
  5. #cc463e
  6. #bf5049
  7. #b25a54
  8. #a6635f
  9. #996d6a
  10. #8d7675
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.43:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c06867 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #716306 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a59200 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0023 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bb500c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cf7500 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff001d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fe2012 {
  color: #fe2012;
}
Background
.bg-fe2012 {
  background-color: #fe2012;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fe2012 {
  border: 2px solid #fe2012;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fe2012;
  --color-primary-rgb: 254 32 18;
  --color-primary-hsl: 4 99% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fe2012 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fe2012, #fe9612);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fe2012 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(254 32 18 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 1.36 #ff0000 Red ΔE 1.42 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 2.01 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 2.32 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.09 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 5.74 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 5.74 #01dfed Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#fe2012  rgb(254, 32, 18)  hsl(4, 99%, 53%)  Candy Apple Red
#12f0fe  rgb(18, 240, 254)  hsl(184, 99%, 53%)  Electric Blue
#12fe20  rgb(18, 254, 32)  hsl(124, 99%, 53%)  Lime
#2012fe  rgb(32, 18, 254)  hsl(244, 99%, 53%)  Blue