red · electric · mid

#ff2400ScarletScarlet is a electric red — complete hex color profile

Close match to YouTube Red

What is color #ff2400?

The color Scarlet (#ff2400) belongs to the red family and reads as fiery. It sits at 8° on the color wheel with 100% saturation.

Designers in finance and education often reach for this mid red when they want to communicate love.

#ff2400 reads differently depending on surrounding context — a property designers call simultaneous contrast. To deploy it effectively, contrast it with its complement for a striking focal point or contrast it sharply with #00dbff.

Conversions for #ff2400

HEX
#ff2400
RGB
255, 36, 0
HSL
8°, 100%, 50%
HSV
8°, 100%, 100%
CMYK
0%, 86%, 100%, 0%
XYZ
41.87, 22.52, 2.14
CIE-Lab
54.58, 76.24, 67.71
Web safe
#ff3300

WCAG accessibility of #ff2400 (Scarlet)

On white
3.82 : 1
Sample #ff2400
Rating: AA Large
On black
5.50 : 1
Sample #ff2400
Rating: AA

Tones of Scarlet (desaturated variations of #ff2400)

Color harmonies for #ff2400

Colors similar to #ff2400

Gradients featuring #ff2400

Linear to white
Linear to black
To complement
Radial
Tri-stop
Analogous

UI elements in #ff2400

Buttons
NewFeaturedBeta
Notification

Short description with accent.

"Color awakens a specific emotional response."

Typography in #ff2400

The quick brown fox
jumps over the lazy dog
1234567890 — & @ # ! ?

Body text rendered in #ff2400.

const color = "#ff2400";

CSS & Tailwind snippets for #ff2400

Background
.bg-ff2400 { background-color: #ff2400; }
Text color
.text-ff2400 { color: #ff2400; }
Border
.border-ff2400 { border: 1px solid #ff2400; }
Box shadow
.shadow-ff2400 { box-shadow: 0 4px 14px #ff240040; }
CSS variable
:root { --color-ff2400: #ff2400; }
Tailwind config
colors: {
  'scarlet': '#ff2400',
}

Frequently asked questions about #ff2400

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