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#FC1908

#fc1908 ≈ Candy Apple Red

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fc1908 is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 9.8% green and 3.14% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 90.08% magenta, 96.83% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 4.18°, with 97.6% saturation and 50.98% 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 5.28:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Candy Apple Red (#ff0800), ΔE 0.6.

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Relative luminance0.2141

Complementary

  1. #fc1908
  2. #08ebfc

Split complementary

  1. #fc1908
  2. #08fc93
  3. #0871fc

Analogous

  1. #fc0871
  2. #fc1908
  3. #fc9308

Triadic

  1. #fc1908
  2. #08fc19
  3. #1908fc

Tetradic

  1. #fc1908
  2. #ebfc08
  3. #08ebfc
  4. #1908fc

Square

  1. #fc1908
  2. #71fc08
  3. #08ebfc
  4. #9308fc

Monochromatic

  1. #6a0901
  2. #b50f02
  3. #fc1908
  4. #fd5f54
  5. #fea69f

Shades

#fc1908 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fc1908
  2. #e31707
  3. #ca1406
  4. #b01206
  5. #970f05
  6. #7e0d04
  7. #650a03
  8. #4c0802
  9. #320502
  10. #190301
  11. #000000

Tints

#fc1908 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fc1908
  2. #fc3021
  3. #fd4739
  4. #fd5e52
  5. #fd756b
  6. #fe8c84
  7. #fea39c
  8. #febab5
  9. #fed1ce
  10. #ffe8e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fc1908 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fc1908
  2. #f02314
  3. #e32e20
  4. #d7382c
  5. #ca4238
  6. #be4d44
  7. #b25750
  8. #a5615c
  9. #996b68
  10. #8c7674
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.98:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.28:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #be6665 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6f6100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a39000 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff001d ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b94e00 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cd7300 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff0016 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fc1908 {
  color: #fc1908;
}
Background
.bg-fc1908 {
  background-color: #fc1908;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fc1908 {
  border: 2px solid #fc1908;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fc1908;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 25 8;
  --color-primary-hsl: 4 98% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fc1908 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fc1908, #fc9308);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fc1908 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 25 8 / 0.35);
}

#ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 0.60 #ff0000 Red ΔE 0.67 #ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 1.75 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 2.12 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 4.05 #e62020 Lust ΔE 5.57 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 6.08 #03e6f7 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Candy Apple Red
#fc1908  rgb(252, 25, 8)  hsl(4, 98%, 51%)  Candy Apple Red
#08ebfc  rgb(8, 235, 252)  hsl(184, 98%, 51%)  Electric Blue
#08fc19  rgb(8, 252, 25)  hsl(124, 98%, 51%)  Lime
#1908fc  rgb(25, 8, 252)  hsl(244, 98%, 51%)  Blue