Scarlet (color)

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— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FF2400
RGB^B r, g, b) (255, 36, 0)
CMYK^H c, m, y, k) (0, 219, 255, 0)
HSV h, s, v) (8°, 100%, 100%)
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)
Scarlet (from the Persian saqirlat or latin astacus= crayfish) is a color with a hue between red and orange. It is redder than vermilion. Traditionally, scarlet is the color of flame. It may also refer to the color of blood. The emission spectra for compounds of strontium are considered to be in the scarlet red area of the visible light spectrum. The emission lines occur at 640.8 nm, 650.4 nm, 687.8 nm and 707.0 nm.

Popular culture and other uses

Miss Scarlet is a character in the board game Clue originally by Waddington Games.
Captain Scarlet is the main character in the Gerry Anderson children's television production of the same name.
The Ferrari F1 racing team color is scarlet.
The Scarlet Letter is a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850.
A Study in Scarlet is the first Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1888.
The majority of British Army soldiers wore scarlet tunics as part of their full dress uniform until 1914 (hence the term "Redcoats"). Some regiments and corps in both Britain and the Commonwealth armies still wear them in full ceremonial dress and/or mess dress.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) wear a scarlet jacket as part of their full ceremonial dress uniform.
Scarlet is the name of one of the Shinra executives from Final Fantasy 7.
The Ohio State University Buckeyes' official colors are scarlet and gray.
The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers' official colors are scarlet and cream.
The nickname of the Rutgers University athletic teams is the Scarlet Knights.
Scarlet is the color worn in traditional academic regalia for those earning degrees in theology.
The Scarlet crusade is a fictional group of religious zealots from the Warcraft universe.
Scarlett is the name of Jack White's ( The White Stripes ) daughter with model Karen Elson.
Scarlett O'Hara is the chief protagonist of Margaret Mitchell's epic American Civil War novel Gone With the Wind.


Alizarin	Burgundy	Cardinal	Carmine	Cerise	Chestnut	Crimson	Falu red	Fuchsia	Magenta	Maroon	Mauve

Red	Red-violet	Rust	Puce	Sangria	Scarlet	Terra cotta	Vermilion


— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FF2400
RGB^B	r, g, b)	(255, 36, 0)
CMYK^H	c, m, y, k)	(0, 219, 255, 0)
HSV	h, s, v)	(8°, 100%, 100%)
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Scarlet (color)

Popular culture and other uses

See also