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#FF1908

#ff1908 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ff1908 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 9.8% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 90.2% magenta, 96.86% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 4.13°, with 100% saturation and 51.57% 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 5.39:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 0.7.

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Web safe#ff0000
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Relative luminance0.2197

Complementary

  1. #ff1908
  2. #08eeff

Split complementary

  1. #ff1908
  2. #08ff95
  3. #0873ff

Analogous

  1. #ff0873
  2. #ff1908
  3. #ff9508

Triadic

  1. #ff1908
  2. #08ff19
  3. #1908ff

Tetradic

  1. #ff1908
  2. #eeff08
  3. #08eeff
  4. #1908ff

Square

  1. #ff1908
  2. #73ff08
  3. #08eeff
  4. #9508ff

Monochromatic

  1. #6e0800
  2. #bb0d00
  3. #ff1908
  4. #ff6055
  5. #ffa7a1

Shades

#ff1908 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ff1908
  2. #e61707
  3. #cc1406
  4. #b31206
  5. #990f05
  6. #800d04
  7. #660a03
  8. #4d0802
  9. #330502
  10. #1a0301
  11. #000000

Tints

#ff1908 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ff1908
  2. #ff3021
  3. #ff4739
  4. #ff5e52
  5. #ff756b
  6. #ff8c84
  7. #ffa39c
  8. #ffbab5
  9. #ffd1ce
  10. #ffe8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ff1908 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ff1908
  2. #f22314
  3. #e62e20
  4. #d9382c
  5. #cc4238
  6. #c04d44
  7. #b35750
  8. #a6615c
  9. #996b68
  10. #8d7674
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #818181 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c16766 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #706200 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a59200 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff001d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bb4f00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cf7400 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff0016 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ff1908 {
  color: #ff1908;
}
Background
.bg-ff1908 {
  background-color: #ff1908;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ff1908 {
  border: 2px solid #ff1908;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ff1908;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 25 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 4 100% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ff1908 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff1908, #ff9508);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ff1908 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 25 8 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 0.70 #ff0000 Red ΔE 0.88 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 1.44 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 1.80 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 3.72 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 5.80 #e62020 Lust ΔE 6.07 #00e6f7 Inverted #818181 Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#ff1908  rgb(255, 25, 8)  hsl(4, 100%, 52%)  Candy Apple Red
#08eeff  rgb(8, 238, 255)  hsl(184, 100%, 52%)  Electric Blue
#08ff19  rgb(8, 255, 25)  hsl(124, 100%, 52%)  Lime
#1908ff  rgb(25, 8, 255)  hsl(244, 100%, 52%)  Blue