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#FA474F — Vivid Red

#FA474F 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 #FA474F 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.

#FA474F 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 #47FAF1; it also sits naturally between #FA47AA and #FA9847. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA474F · RGB 250, 71, 79

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Color values

HEX#FA474F
RGB250, 71, 79
HSL357°, 95%, 63%
HSV357°, 72%, 98%
CMYK0%, 72%, 68%, 2%
XYZ43.09, 25.39, 10.03
Yxy25.39, 0.5488, 0.3235
CIE-Lab57.46, 67.47, 36.33
Hunter Lab50.39, 68.20, 21.53

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 28% · Blue 31%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 72% · Yellow 68% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA474F on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA474F on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA474F

.text { color: #FA474F; }
.background { background-color: #FA474F; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA474F; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 71, 79); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(357, 95%, 63%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA474F; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 71, 79, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA474F; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 71, 79, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA474F">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA474F">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA474F

#FA2934#F90B17#E00611#C2050E#A9040D#8B040A#6D0308#500206#320104#140101

Tints of #FA474F

#FB565E#FB6A71#FC797F#FC888D#FC9CA0#FDAAAF#FDB9BD#FEC8CB#FEDCDE#FEEBEC

Tones of #FA474F

#ED545C#E16067#D46E73#C77A7E#BA878A#AE9395

Color harmonies

Complementary — #47FAF1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.45:1 AA large only
Against black text6.08:1 AA

Best text color on #FA474F: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA474F

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 #FA474F: ·

How #FA474F looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #ACAB4DDeuteranopia · #B7C44DTritanopia · #F14C4B

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 #FA474F rather than the exact color:

Palette F3feb8
#F3FEB8 · #FFDE4D · #FFB22C · #FF4C4C
Tender Bloom
#25250B · #4CF9F2 · #F94E56 · #9347FA
Palette Fa4659
#FA4659 · #FEFFE4 · #A3DE83 · #2EB872
Palette Ffd41d
#FFD41D · #FFA240 · #D73535 · #FF4646
Palette 88e0ef
#88E0EF · #161E54 · #FF5151 · #FF9B6A
Palette Fcf596
#FCF596 · #FBD288 · #FF9C73 · #FF4545

Similar colors

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

#FF4C4C#F94E56#FA4659#FF4646#FF5151#FF4545#FF4444#FA5451#FC445C#F0504E#EE4E4E#F95454

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA474E  ·  #FA4750 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA474F?

#FA474F is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 71, 79). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA474F?

#FA474F is RGB 250, 71, 79 — HSL 357°, 95%, 63% — CMYK 0%, 72%, 68%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA474F?

Its complement is #47FAF1; analogous partners are #FA47AA and #FA9847. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA474F for text?

Black text on #FA474F has a contrast ratio of 6.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.45:1.