Flush Orange Color

#ff6f01

Flush Orange is vivid, warm-toned shade of warm red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with cool cyan, cool magenta or cool green

Inverse Color #0090fe
Complementary Color #0090ff
Color Shade: warm red (25.98° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 50.2% (better contrasting with white)
Flush Orange Color Sample
Flush Orange Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ff6f01

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Flush Orange Color. The Red Stage color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Quince Jelly (#f89330) for more calm effect. Try Clear Orange as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#0090ff is the best complementary color to Flush Orange. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #ff6f01 complementary color is Azure Radiance, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Blaze Orange are #ff0012 and #fe0. Thus found on the left and right of #ff6f01 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Red and White colors as they work well with Flush Orange.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Flush Orange palette consists of #01f and #0fe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#0090ff). Try White and White colors in combination with #ff6f01, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #ff6f01 offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Flush Orange. Thus Electric Violet and Spring Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Flush Orange contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Azure Radiance, Green, and Electric Violet split by 90° on the color wheel. #ff6f01 square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Flush Orange tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#0090ff) and two others. The Spring Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Rose – 120° from the complementary Azure Radiance. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #00ff6f and #ff0090.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ff6f01 is made of 69% red, 30% green and 0% blue. In a HSL mode Flush Orange has a hue angle of 25.98°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 50.2%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ff6f01 is made of 0% cyan, 56.47% magenta, 99.61% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ff6f01
RGB Decimal rgb(255,111,1)
RGB Percentage 69%, 30%, 0%
CMYK 0, 56.47, 99.61, 0
HSL hsl(25.98,100%,50.2%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(25.98,99.61%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(63.8611,50.9624,72.0264)
XYZ xyz(46.9299,32.6311,3.8537)
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