Palettes / Colors / #FA5259

#FA5259 — Vivid Red

#FA5259 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 #FA5259 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.

#FA5259 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 #52FAF4; it also sits naturally between #FA52AB and #FAA052. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 32% · Blue 35%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 64% · Key 2%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FA5259

.text { color: #FA5259; }
.background { background-color: #FA5259; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA5259; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 82, 89); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(358, 94%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA5259; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 82, 89, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA5259; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 82, 89, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA5259">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA5259">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA5259

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #52FAF4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FA5259: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA5259

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:

How #FA5259 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA5259 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA5258  ·  #FA525A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA5259?

#FA5259 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 82, 89). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA5259?

#FA5259 is RGB 250, 82, 89 — HSL 358°, 94%, 65% — CMYK 0%, 67%, 64%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA5259?

Its complement is #52FAF4; analogous partners are #FA52AB and #FAA052. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA5259 for text?

Black text on #FA5259 has a contrast ratio of 6.42:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.27:1.