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#FA0201 — Vivid Red

#FA0201 is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color Red (#FF0000). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: red (#FF0000) — not an exact match. CSS red gives you #FF0000, a different color; use #FA0201 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#FA0201 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #01F9F9; it also sits naturally between #F9017D and #F97D01. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA0201 · RGB 250, 2, 1

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Color values

HEX#FA0201
RGB250, 2, 1
HSL0°, 99%, 49%
HSV0°, 100%, 98%
CMYK0%, 99%, 100%, 2%
XYZ39.45, 20.37, 1.88
Yxy20.37, 0.6394, 0.3301
CIE-Lab52.25, 78.78, 65.97
Hunter Lab45.13, 80.72, 27.69

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 1% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 99% · Yellow 100% · Key 2%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #FA0201 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA0201 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA0201

.text { color: #FA0201; }
.background { background-color: #FA0201; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA0201; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 2, 1); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 99%, 49%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA0201; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 2, 1, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA0201; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 2, 1, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA0201">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA0201">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA0201

#E40101#CB0101#B70101#9D0101#890101#700101#5B0000#420000#2E0000#140000

Tints of #FA0201

#FE1616#FE2A2A#FE4343#FE5D5D#FE7676#FE8A8A#FFA4A4#FFBDBD#FFD1D1#FFEBEB

Tones of #FA0201

#E71313#D62424#C43636#B14848#A05A5A#8E6B6B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #01F9F9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.14:1 AA large only
Against black text5.07:1 AA

Best text color on #FA0201: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA0201

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #FA0201: ·

How #FA0201 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #8F8C01Deuteranopia · #9DB001Tritanopia · #EE0101

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind red 600 · #DC2626Tailwind rose 600 · #E11D48Material Red 500 · #F44336

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA0201 rather than the exact color:

Silent Ruby
#000000 · #830000 · #BC0202 · #FF0000
Palette F5f5f5
#F5F5F5 · #DFF1F1 · #BBD5DA · #FF0000
Palette 000080
#000080 · #FF0000 · #9E2A3A · #3A2525
Palette 000000
#000000 · #3D0000 · #950101 · #FF0000
Palette 252525
#252525 · #FF0000 · #AF0404 · #414141
Palette 443737
#443737 · #272121 · #FF0000 · #FF4D00

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#FF0000#FA1616#DD0303#DC0000#FD0D1D#D90000#DC0E0E#FD2414#DA1212#E21818#FD1027#E91521

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA0200  ·  #FA0202 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA0201?

#FA0201 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 2, 1). Its closest standard named color is Red.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA0201?

#FA0201 is RGB 250, 2, 1 — HSL 0°, 99%, 49% — CMYK 0%, 99%, 100%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA0201?

Its complement is #01F9F9; analogous partners are #F9017D and #F97D01. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA0201 for text?

Black text on #FA0201 has a contrast ratio of 5.07:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.14:1.