#f42e12

Color #f42e12

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Orange Red #ff4500 · ΔE 9.45 Nearest Tailwind class red-600 #e7000b · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#f42e12

RGB

rgb(244, 46, 18)

HSL

hsl(7.4, 91.1%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7.4, 92.6%, 95.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 81.1%, 92.6%, 4.3%)

LAB

lab(53.21, 71.32, 61.37)

LCH

lch(53.21, 94.09, 40.71)

OKLCH

oklch(62.4%, 0.2334, 31.12)

HWB

hwb(7.4, 7.1%, 4.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#12d8f4

Analogous

#f41267

#f42e12

#f49f12

Triadic

#f42e12

#12f42e

#2e12f4

Split-complementary

#f42e12

#12f49f

#1267f4

Tetradic

#f42e12

#d8f412

#12d8f4

#2e12f4

Square

#f42e12

#67f412

#12d8f4

#9f12f4

Shades

Color #f42e12 mixed toward black.

#d1220a

#a71b08

#7d1506

#530e04

#2a0702

Tints

Color #f42e12 mixed toward white.

#f6513a

#f87461

#f99789

#fbb9b0

#fddcd8

Tones

Color #f42e12 mixed toward gray.

#e13c25

#ce4a38

#bc594b

#a9675d

#967570

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c0be1b · ΔE 52.7

Deuteranopia

#c8d21d · ΔE 58

Tritanopia

#ef2122 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 30.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f42e12;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f42e12]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#f42e12 (#f42e12) is rgb(244, 46, 18) in RGB.

No, #f42e12 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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