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#FF2C19

#ff2c19 ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ff2c19 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 17.25% green and 9.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 82.75% magenta, 90.2% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 4.96°, with 100% saturation and 54.9% 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 5.63:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Scarlet (#ff2400), ΔE 2.22.

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Web safe#ff3300
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Relative luminance0.2313

Complementary

  1. #ff2c19
  2. #19ecff

Split complementary

  1. #ff2c19
  2. #19ff9f
  3. #1979ff

Analogous

  1. #ff1979
  2. #ff2c19
  3. #ff9f19

Triadic

  1. #ff2c19
  2. #19ff2c
  3. #2c19ff

Tetradic

  1. #ff2c19
  2. #ecff19
  3. #19ecff
  4. #2c19ff

Square

  1. #ff2c19
  2. #79ff19
  3. #19ecff
  4. #9f19ff

Monochromatic

  1. #7f0a00
  2. #cb1100
  3. #ff2c19
  4. #ff7265
  5. #ffb8b2

Shades

#ff2c19 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ff2c19
  2. #e62817
  3. #cc2314
  4. #b31f12
  5. #991a0f
  6. #80160d
  7. #66120a
  8. #4d0d08
  9. #330905
  10. #1a0403
  11. #000000

Tints

#ff2c19 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ff2c19
  2. #ff4130
  3. #ff5647
  4. #ff6b5e
  5. #ff8075
  6. #ff968c
  7. #ffaba3
  8. #ffc0ba
  9. #ffd5d1
  10. #ffeae8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ff2c19 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ff2c19
  2. #f23423
  3. #e63d2e
  4. #d94538
  5. #cc4e42
  6. #c0564d
  7. #b35e57
  8. #a66761
  9. #996f6b
  10. #8d7876
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.73:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.63:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #848484 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c26c69 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #756710 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a79400 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff002c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd5514 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d0780a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff0026 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ff2c19 {
  color: #ff2c19;
}
Background
.bg-ff2c19 {
  background-color: #ff2c19;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ff2c19 {
  border: 2px solid #ff2c19;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ff2c19;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 44 25;
  --color-primary-hsl: 5 100% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ff2c19 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff2c19, #ff9f19);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ff2c19 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 44 25 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 2.22 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 2.30 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 2.38 #ff0000 Red ΔE 2.42 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 3.75 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 5.62 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 5.74 #00d3e6 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Scarlet
#ff2c19  rgb(255, 44, 25)  hsl(5, 100%, 55%)  Scarlet
#19ecff  rgb(25, 236, 255)  hsl(185, 100%, 55%)  Electric Blue
#19ff2c  rgb(25, 255, 44)  hsl(125, 100%, 55%)  Lime
#2c19ff  rgb(44, 25, 255)  hsl(245, 100%, 55%)  Ultramarine