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#FA3200 — Vivid Orange

#FA3200 is a orange color we call Vivid Orange, closest to the named color OrangeRed (#FF4500). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orangered (#FF4500) — not an exact match. CSS orangered gives you #FF4500, a different color; use #FA3200 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.

#FA3200 is a warm orange color associated with warmth, appetite and friendliness. 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 #00C8FA; it also sits naturally between #FA004B and #FAAF00. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA3200 · RGB 250, 50, 0

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Color values

HEX#FA3200
RGB250, 50, 0
HSL12°, 100%, 49%
HSV12°, 100%, 98%
CMYK0%, 80%, 100%, 2%
XYZ40.56, 22.61, 2.23
Yxy22.61, 0.6203, 0.3457
CIE-Lab54.66, 71.87, 67.15
Hunter Lab47.54, 72.77, 28.99

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 20% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 80% · Yellow 100% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA3200 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA3200 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA3200

.text { color: #FA3200; }
.background { background-color: #FA3200; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA3200; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 50, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(12, 100%, 49%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA3200; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 50, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA3200; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 50, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA3200">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA3200">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA3200

#E62E00#CC2900#B82500#9E2000#8A1C00#701600#5C1200#420D00#2E0900#140400

Tints of #FA3200

#FF4314#FF5429#FF6842#FF7C5C#FF9175#FFA18A#FFB6A3#FFCABD#FFDAD1#FFEFEB

Tones of #FA3200

#E83C11#D64824#C45236#B35D47#A16759#8E726B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #00C8FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.80:1 AA large only
Against black text5.52:1 AA

Best text color on #FA3200: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA3200

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 #FA3200: ·

How #FA3200 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A3A20CDeuteranopia · #AFBE0FTritanopia · #F01618

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 orange 600 · #EA580CTailwind red 600 · #DC2626Material Deep Orange 500 · #FF5722

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA3200 rather than the exact color:

Palette 288fb4
#288FB4 · #1D556F · #EFDDB2 · #FA360A
Palette 093fb4
#093FB4 · #FFFCFB · #FFD8D8 · #ED3500
Palette Fc4100
#FC4100 · #FFC55A · #00215E · #2C4E80
Frozen Canyon
#0A1A23 · #94FA54 · #F93910 · #FB36F0
Palette C00707
#C00707 · #FF4400 · #FFB33F · #134E8E
Lucky Ruby Garden
#120A1D · #D4F620 · #F62E14 · #12FA19

Similar colors

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

#FA360A#ED3500#FC4100#F93910#FF4400#F62E14#FD2414#F14A00#EA2F14#F6331A#E82710#EB2A15

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA31FF  ·  #FA3201 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA3200?

#FA3200 is Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 250, 50, 0). Its closest standard named color is OrangeRed.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA3200?

#FA3200 is RGB 250, 50, 0 — HSL 12°, 100%, 49% — CMYK 0%, 80%, 100%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA3200?

Its complement is #00C8FA; analogous partners are #FA004B and #FAAF00. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA3200 for text?

Black text on #FA3200 has a contrast ratio of 5.52:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.80:1.