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#FF5A55

#ff5a55 ≈ Pastel Red

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ff5a55 is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 35.29% green and 33.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 64.71% magenta, 66.67% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 1.76°, with 100% saturation and 66.67% 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 6.85:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Pastel Red (#ff6961), ΔE 2.71.

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Web safe#ff6666
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Relative luminance0.2923

Complementary

  1. #ff5a55
  2. #55faff

Split complementary

  1. #ff5a55
  2. #55ffaf
  3. #55a5ff

Analogous

  1. #ff55a5
  2. #ff5a55
  3. #ffaf55

Triadic

  1. #ff5a55
  2. #55ff5a
  3. #5a55ff

Tetradic

  1. #ff5a55
  2. #faff55
  3. #55faff
  4. #5a55ff

Square

  1. #ff5a55
  2. #a5ff55
  3. #55faff
  4. #af55ff

Monochromatic

  1. #bb0500
  2. #ff1009
  3. #ff5a55
  4. #ffa4a2
  5. #ffebeb

Shades

#ff5a55 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ff5a55
  2. #e6514d
  3. #cc4844
  4. #b33f3c
  5. #993633
  6. #802d2b
  7. #662422
  8. #4d1b1a
  9. #331211
  10. #1a0909
  11. #000000

Tints

#ff5a55 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ff5a55
  2. #ff6b66
  3. #ff7b77
  4. #ff8c88
  5. #ff9c99
  6. #ffadaa
  7. #ffbdbb
  8. #ffcecc
  9. #ffdedd
  10. #ffefee
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ff5a55 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ff5a55
  2. #f25e59
  3. #e6625e
  4. #d96562
  5. #cc6966
  6. #c06d6b
  7. #b3716f
  8. #a67573
  9. #997877
  10. #8d7c7c
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.07:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 6.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #939393 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8807f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #877d53 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0a050 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff315a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c37054 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d48a52 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff4558 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ff5a55 {
  color: #ff5a55;
}
Background
.bg-ff5a55 {
  background-color: #ff5a55;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ff5a55 {
  border: 2px solid #ff5a55;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ff5a55;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 90 85;
  --color-primary-hsl: 2 100% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ff5a55 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff5a55, #ffaf55);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ff5a55 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 90 85 / 0.35);
}

#ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 2.71 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 4.13 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 5.52 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 6.88 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 7.25 #fd0e35 Tractor Red ΔE 8.05 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 8.34 #00a5aa Inverted #939393 Grayscale 

Pastel Red
#ff5a55  rgb(255, 90, 85)  hsl(2, 100%, 67%)  Pastel Red
#55faff  rgb(85, 250, 255)  hsl(182, 100%, 67%)  Electric Blue
#55ff5a  rgb(85, 255, 90)  hsl(122, 100%, 67%)  Neon Green
#5a55ff  rgb(90, 85, 255)  hsl(242, 100%, 67%)  Majorelle Blue