Information about Candy Apple Red color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #FF0800 reads as a intensely saturated red and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Red (#FF0000). Slightly further away sit Fahad (#FF0808) and Cadmium Red Light (#FF030D).
In RGB terms — rgb(255, 8, 0) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 5.3:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.0:1. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Candy Apple Red" in the Register.
Candy Apple Red color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Candy Apple Red color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Candy Apple Red color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Candy Apple Red color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Candy Apple Red color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Candy Apple Red color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Candy Apple Red color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to Candy Apple Red
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#FF0000
#FF0808
#FF030D
#F40009
#F00000
#EF0107
#FF2000
#E60000
#FE001A
#E8000D
#F70D1A
#FF2400
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#FF0800
- RGB255, 8, 0
- CMYK0, 97, 100, 0
- CSSrgb(255, 8, 0)
- HSL2°, 100%, 50%
- HSL Precise1.882°, 100%, 50%
- HSV2°, 100%, 100%
- HSB2°, 100%, 100%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)1.000
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.031
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.000
- GLSLvec3(1.000, 0.031, 0.000)
- GLSL with alphavec4(1.000, 0.031, 0.000, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(1.000, 0.031, 0.000)
- Percentage of Red in RGB100%
- Percentage of Green in RGB3.1%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB0%
- Color FamilyRed
- Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDFF0800
- DECIMAL ID16713728
- Name Length15
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