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#FC331E

#fc331e ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#fc331e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.82% red, 20% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 79.76% magenta, 88.1% yellow and 1.18% black. Its hue angle is 5.68°, with 97.37% saturation and 55.29% 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 2.6.

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Relative luminance0.2316

Complementary

  1. #fc331e
  2. #1ee7fc

Split complementary

  1. #fc331e
  2. #1efca2
  3. #1e78fc

Analogous

  1. #fc1e78
  2. #fc331e
  3. #fca21e

Triadic

  1. #fc331e
  2. #1efc33
  3. #331efc

Tetradic

  1. #fc331e
  2. #e7fc1e
  3. #1ee7fc
  4. #331efc

Square

  1. #fc331e
  2. #78fc1e
  3. #1ee7fc
  4. #a21efc

Monochromatic

  1. #7f0e02
  2. #cb1603
  3. #fc331e
  4. #fd7769
  5. #febcb5

Shades

#fc331e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #fc331e
  2. #e32e1b
  3. #ca2918
  4. #b02415
  5. #971f12
  6. #7e1a0f
  7. #65140c
  8. #4c0f09
  9. #320a06
  10. #190503
  11. #000000

Tints

#fc331e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #fc331e
  2. #fc4735
  3. #fd5c4b
  4. #fd7062
  5. #fd8578
  6. #fe998f
  7. #feada5
  8. #fec2bc
  9. #fed6d2
  10. #ffebe9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#fc331e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #fc331e
  2. #f03b28
  3. #e34232
  4. #d74a3b
  5. #ca5245
  6. #be5a4f
  7. #b26159
  8. #a56963
  9. #99716c
  10. #8c7876
  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 #c06d6a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #766816 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a69408 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0032 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bb581a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #ce7913 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff002b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-fc331e {
  color: #fc331e;
}
Background
.bg-fc331e {
  background-color: #fc331e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-fc331e {
  border: 2px solid #fc331e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #fc331e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 252 51 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 6 97% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-fc331e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fc331e, #fca21e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-fc331e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(252 51 30 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 2.60 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 2.72 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 2.74 #ff0000 Red ΔE 2.85 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 3.91 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 5.26 #e34234 Vermilion ΔE 5.26 #03cce1 Inverted #848484 Grayscale 

Scarlet
#fc331e  rgb(252, 51, 30)  hsl(6, 97%, 55%)  Scarlet
#1ee7fc  rgb(30, 231, 252)  hsl(186, 97%, 55%)  Electric Blue
#1efc33  rgb(30, 252, 51)  hsl(126, 97%, 55%)  Lime
#331efc  rgb(51, 30, 252)  hsl(246, 97%, 55%)  Ultramarine