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#FF4E26

#ff4e26 ≈ Orange Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ff4e26 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 30.59% green and 14.9% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 69.41% magenta, 85.1% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 11.06°, with 100% saturation and 57.45% 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 6.37:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Orange Red (#ff4500), ΔE 3.44.

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Relative luminance0.2685

Complementary

  1. #ff4e26
  2. #26d7ff

Split complementary

  1. #ff4e26
  2. #26ffba
  3. #266aff

Analogous

  1. #ff266a
  2. #ff4e26
  3. #ffba26

Triadic

  1. #ff4e26
  2. #26ff4e
  3. #4e26ff

Tetradic

  1. #ff4e26
  2. #d7ff26
  3. #26d7ff
  4. #4e26ff

Square

  1. #ff4e26
  2. #6aff26
  3. #26d7ff
  4. #ba26ff

Monochromatic

  1. #8c1a00
  2. #d82800
  3. #ff4e26
  4. #ff8c72
  5. #ffcbbf

Shades

#ff4e26 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ff4e26
  2. #e64622
  3. #cc3e1e
  4. #b3371b
  5. #992f17
  6. #802713
  7. #661f0f
  8. #4d170b
  9. #331008
  10. #1a0804
  11. #000000

Tints

#ff4e26 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ff4e26
  2. #ff603c
  3. #ff7151
  4. #ff8367
  5. #ff957d
  6. #ffa793
  7. #ffb8a8
  8. #ffcabe
  9. #ffdcd4
  10. #ffede9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ff4e26 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ff4e26
  2. #f2532f
  3. #e65838
  4. #d95d41
  5. #cc624a
  6. #c06753
  7. #b36c5c
  8. #a67165
  9. #99766e
  10. #8d7b77
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.3:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #8e8e8e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c57972 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83751e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #af9c1a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0047 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c26721 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d4841f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff2e3c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ff4e26 {
  color: #ff4e26;
}
Background
.bg-ff4e26 {
  background-color: #ff4e26;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ff4e26 {
  border: 2px solid #ff4e26;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ff4e26;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 78 38;
  --color-primary-hsl: 11 100% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ff4e26 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff4e26, #ffba26);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ff4e26 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 78 38 / 0.35);
}

#ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 3.44 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 3.46 #ff4f00 International Orange ΔE 4.41 #f94d00 Tangelo ΔE 4.48 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 4.50 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 4.77 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 4.90 #00b1d9 Inverted #8e8e8e Grayscale 

Orange Red
#ff4e26  rgb(255, 78, 38)  hsl(11, 100%, 57%)  Orange Red
#26d7ff  rgb(38, 215, 255)  hsl(191, 100%, 57%)  Sky Blue
#26ff4e  rgb(38, 255, 78)  hsl(131, 100%, 57%)  Lime
#4e26ff  rgb(78, 38, 255)  hsl(251, 100%, 57%)  Han Purple