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#FA656D

#fa656d ≈ Pastel Red

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#fa656d is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 39.61% green and 42.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 59.6% magenta, 56.4% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 356.78°, with 93.71% saturation and 68.82% 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 7.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Red (#ff6961), ΔE 4.6.

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Relative luminance0.3074

Complementary

  1. #fa656d
  2. #65faf2

Split complementary

  1. #fa656d
  2. #65faa7
  3. #65b7fa

Analogous

  1. #fa65b7
  2. #fa656d
  3. #faa765

Triadic

  1. #fa656d
  2. #6dfa65
  3. #656dfa

Tetradic

  1. #fa656d
  2. #faf265
  3. #65faf2
  4. #656dfa

Square

  1. #fa656d
  2. #b7fa65
  3. #65faf2
  4. #a765fa

Monochromatic

  1. #c00610
  2. #f81b27
  3. #fa656d
  4. #fcafb3
  5. #feebec

Shades

#fa656d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fa656d
  2. #e15b62
  3. #c85157
  4. #af474c
  5. #963d41
  6. #7d3337
  7. #64282c
  8. #4b1e21
  9. #321416
  10. #190a0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#fa656d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fa656d
  2. #fb747c
  3. #fb848a
  4. #fc9399
  5. #fca3a7
  6. #fdb2b6
  7. #fdc1c5
  8. #fed1d3
  9. #fee0e2
  10. #fff0f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fa656d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fa656d
  2. #ee686f
  3. #e26a71
  4. #d56d73
  5. #c97075
  6. #bd7377
  7. #b17578
  8. #a5787a
  9. #987b7c
  10. #8c7d7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c68588 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #89836c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #afa269 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff4a69 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c1786d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d18e6b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff566b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fa656d {
  color: #fa656d;
}
Background
.bg-fa656d {
  background-color: #fa656d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fa656d {
  border: 2px solid #fa656d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fa656d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 101 109;
  --color-primary-hsl: 357 94% 69%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fa656d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fa656d, #faa765);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fa656d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 101 109 / 0.35);
}

#ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 4.60 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 5.58 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 5.80 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 6.85 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 7.13 #cd5c5c Indian Red ΔE 8.96 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 9.11 #059a92 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Pastel Red
#fa656d  rgb(250, 101, 109)  hsl(357, 94%, 69%)  Pastel Red
#65faf2  rgb(101, 250, 242)  hsl(177, 94%, 69%)  Aqua
#6dfa65  rgb(109, 250, 101)  hsl(117, 94%, 69%)  Neon Green
#656dfa  rgb(101, 109, 250)  hsl(237, 94%, 69%)  Medium Slate Blue