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#FF331E

#ff331e ≈ Scarlet

  • red
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ff331e is a color from the red family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 20% green and 11.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 80% magenta, 88.24% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 5.6°, with 100% saturation and 55.88% 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 5.74:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Scarlet (#ff2400), ΔE 2.67.

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Relative luminance0.2372

Complementary

  1. #ff331e
  2. #1eeaff

Split complementary

  1. #ff331e
  2. #1effa3
  3. #1e79ff

Analogous

  1. #ff1e79
  2. #ff331e
  3. #ffa31e

Triadic

  1. #ff331e
  2. #1eff33
  3. #331eff

Tetradic

  1. #ff331e
  2. #eaff1e
  3. #1eeaff
  4. #331eff

Square

  1. #ff331e
  2. #79ff1e
  3. #1eeaff
  4. #a31eff

Monochromatic

  1. #840c00
  2. #d01300
  3. #ff331e
  4. #ff786a
  5. #ffbeb7

Shades

#ff331e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ff331e
  2. #e62e1b
  3. #cc2918
  4. #b32415
  5. #991f12
  6. #801a0f
  7. #66140c
  8. #4d0f09
  9. #330a06
  10. #1a0503
  11. #000000

Tints

#ff331e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ff331e
  2. #ff4735
  3. #ff5c4b
  4. #ff7062
  5. #ff8578
  6. #ff998f
  7. #ffada5
  8. #ffc2bc
  9. #ffd6d2
  10. #ffebe9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ff331e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ff331e
  2. #f23b28
  3. #e64232
  4. #d94a3b
  5. #cc5245
  6. #c05a4f
  7. #b36159
  8. #a66963
  9. #99716c
  10. #8d7876
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #868686 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c26e6b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #776916 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a89607 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff0032 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bd581a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d17a13 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff002b ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ff331e {
  color: #ff331e;
}
Background
.bg-ff331e {
  background-color: #ff331e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ff331e {
  border: 2px solid #ff331e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ff331e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 51 30;
  --color-primary-hsl: 6 100% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ff331e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff331e, #ffa31e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ff331e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 51 30 / 0.35);
}

#ff2400 Scarlet ΔE 2.67 #ff2800 Ferrari Red ΔE 2.74 #ff0800 Candy Apple Red ΔE 2.98 #ff0000 Red ΔE 3.12 #ff3800 Coquelicot ΔE 3.78 #ff4500 Orange Red ΔE 5.49 #e34234 Cinnabar ΔE 5.71 #00cce1 Inverted #868686 Grayscale 

Scarlet
#ff331e  rgb(255, 51, 30)  hsl(6, 100%, 56%)  Scarlet
#1eeaff  rgb(30, 234, 255)  hsl(186, 100%, 56%)  Electric Blue
#1eff33  rgb(30, 255, 51)  hsl(126, 100%, 56%)  Lime
#331eff  rgb(51, 30, 255)  hsl(246, 100%, 56%)  Ultramarine