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#FA474E — Vivid Red

#FA474E 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 #FA474E 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.

#FA474E 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 #47FAF4; it also sits naturally between #FA47A7 and #FA9B47. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA474E · RGB 250, 71, 78

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Color values

HEX#FA474E
RGB250, 71, 78
HSL358°, 95%, 63%
HSV358°, 72%, 98%
CMYK0%, 72%, 69%, 2%
XYZ43.05, 25.38, 9.84
Yxy25.38, 0.5500, 0.3243
CIE-Lab57.44, 67.42, 36.88
Hunter Lab50.38, 68.13, 21.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 28% · Blue 31%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 72% · Yellow 69% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA474E on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA474E on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA474E

.text { color: #FA474E; }
.background { background-color: #FA474E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA474E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 71, 78); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(358, 95%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA474E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 71, 78, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA474E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 71, 78, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA474E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA474E">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA474E

#FA2930#F90B13#E0060D#C2050B#A9040A#8B0408#6D0306#500205#320103#140101

Tints of #FA474E

#FB565B#FB6A6F#FC797D#FC888C#FC9C9F#FDAAAD#FDB9BC#FEC8CA#FEDCDD#FEEBEC

Tones of #FA474E

#ED5459#E16065#D46E71#C77A7D#BA8789#AE9394

Color harmonies

Complementary — #47FAF4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.46:1 AA large only
Against black text6.08:1 AA

Best text color on #FA474E: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA474E

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 #FA474E: ·

How #FA474E looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ACAB4CDeuteranopia · #B7C44CTritanopia · #F14B4B

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 #FA474E rather than the exact color:

Palette F3feb8
#F3FEB8 · #FFDE4D · #FFB22C · #FF4C4C
Palette Ffd41d
#FFD41D · #FFA240 · #D73535 · #FF4646
Palette Fcf596
#FCF596 · #FBD288 · #FF9C73 · #FF4545
Tender Bloom
#25250B · #4CF9F2 · #F94E56 · #9347FA
Palette Fa4659
#FA4659 · #FEFFE4 · #A3DE83 · #2EB872
Wild Zephyr
#0C0B29 · #1EFA76 · #FB49DF · #FF4444

Similar colors

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

#FF4C4C#FF4646#FF4545#F94E56#FA4659#FF4444#FF5151#FA5451#F0504E#EE4E4E#FB4141#F95454

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA474D  ·  #FA474F →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA474E?

#FA474E is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 71, 78). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA474E?

#FA474E is RGB 250, 71, 78 — HSL 358°, 95%, 63% — CMYK 0%, 72%, 69%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA474E?

Its complement is #47FAF4; analogous partners are #FA47A7 and #FA9B47. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA474E for text?

Black text on #FA474E has a contrast ratio of 6.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.46:1.