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#FA474B — Vivid Red

#FA474B is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color Tomato (#FF6347). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: tomato (#FF6347) — not an exact match. CSS tomato gives you #FF6347, a different color; use #FA474B 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.

#FA474B 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 #47FAF7; it also sits naturally between #FA47A4 and #FA9E47. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA474B · RGB 250, 71, 75

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Color values

HEX#FA474B
RGB250, 71, 75
HSL359°, 95%, 63%
HSV359°, 72%, 98%
CMYK0%, 72%, 70%, 2%
XYZ42.95, 25.34, 9.28
Yxy25.34, 0.5537, 0.3267
CIE-Lab57.40, 67.29, 38.53
Hunter Lab50.34, 67.96, 22.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 28% · Blue 29%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 72% · Yellow 70% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA474B on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA474B on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA474B

.text { color: #FA474B; }
.background { background-color: #FA474B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA474B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 71, 75); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(359, 95%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA474B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 71, 75, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA474B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 71, 75, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA474B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA474B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA474B

#FA292D#F90B0F#E00609#C20508#A90407#8B0406#6D0305#500203#320102#140101

Tints of #FA474B

#FB5659#FB6A6C#FC797B#FC888A#FC9C9D#FDAAAC#FDB9BB#FEC8C9#FEDCDD#FEEBEB

Tones of #FA474B

#ED5457#E16063#D46E6F#C77A7B#BA8788#AE9394

Color harmonies

Complementary — #47FAF7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.46:1 AA large only
Against black text6.07:1 AA

Best text color on #FA474B: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA474B

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 #FA474B: ·

How #FA474B looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ACAB4ADeuteranopia · #B7C44ATritanopia · #F14949

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 500 · #EF4444Tailwind rose 500 · #F43F5EMaterial Red 500 · #F44336

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA474B rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffd41d
#FFD41D · #FFA240 · #D73535 · #FF4646
Palette F3feb8
#F3FEB8 · #FFDE4D · #FFB22C · #FF4C4C
Palette Fcf596
#FCF596 · #FBD288 · #FF9C73 · #FF4545
Wild Zephyr
#0C0B29 · #1EFA76 · #FB49DF · #FF4444
Palette 78c841
#78C841 · #B4E50D · #FF9B2F · #FB4141
Palette 5cb338
#5CB338 · #ECE852 · #FFC145 · #FB4141

Similar colors

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

#FF4646#FF4C4C#FF4545#FF4444#FB4141#FF5151#F94E56#F0504E#FA4659#EE4E4E#FA5451#FB403E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA474A  ·  #FA474C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA474B?

#FA474B is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 71, 75). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA474B?

#FA474B is RGB 250, 71, 75 — HSL 359°, 95%, 63% — CMYK 0%, 72%, 70%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA474B?

Its complement is #47FAF7; analogous partners are #FA47A4 and #FA9E47. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA474B for text?

Black text on #FA474B has a contrast ratio of 6.07:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.46:1.