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#FA5552 — Vivid Red

#FA5552 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 #FA5552 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.

#FA5552 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 #52F7FA; it also sits naturally between #FA52A3 and #FAA952. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA5552 · RGB 250, 85, 82

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Color values

HEX#FA5552
RGB250, 85, 82
HSL1°, 94%, 65%
HSV1°, 67%, 98%
CMYK0%, 66%, 67%, 2%
XYZ44.20, 27.43, 10.95
Yxy27.43, 0.5352, 0.3322
CIE-Lab59.37, 62.49, 36.95
Hunter Lab52.37, 62.75, 22.24

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 33% · Blue 32%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 66% · Yellow 67% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA5552 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA5552 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA5552

.text { color: #FA5552; }
.background { background-color: #FA5552; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA5552; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 85, 82); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(1, 94%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA5552; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 85, 82, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA5552; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 85, 82, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA5552">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA5552">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA5552

#F93734#F81A16#E90B07#CB0A06#AD0805#8B0704#6D0503#4F0402#310202#140101

Tints of #FA5552

#FA6361#FB7270#FB807E#FB8F8D#FCA3A1#FDB1B0#FDC0BF#FDCECE#FEDDDC#FEECEB

Tones of #FA5552

#EE605D#E26C6A#D67776#C98382#BE8E8E#B19B9A

Color harmonies

Complementary — #52F7FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.24:1 AA large only
Against black text6.49:1 AA

Best text color on #FA5552: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA5552

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 #FA5552: ·

How #FA5552 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B3B153Deuteranopia · #BCC953Tritanopia · #F25353

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 #FA5552 rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Meadow
#08071C · #9FFE2C · #FA5451 · #3CFC18
Palette 0d92f4
#0D92F4 · #77CDFF · #F95454 · #C62E2E
Palette Ff5555
#FF5555 · #FF937E · #C1E59F · #A3D78A
Vintage Ruby Bloom
#13122E · #FC4A9A · #F9594D · #A2F713
Palette 8ce4ff
#8CE4FF · #FEEE91 · #FFA239 · #FF5656
Palette 88e0ef
#88E0EF · #161E54 · #FF5151 · #FF9B6A

Similar colors

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

#FA5451#F95454#FF5555#F9594D#FF5656#FF5151#FF5757#F94E56#F05454#FF5A5A#F75B5B#FA5947

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA5551  ·  #FA5553 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA5552?

#FA5552 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 85, 82). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA5552?

#FA5552 is RGB 250, 85, 82 — HSL 1°, 94%, 65% — CMYK 0%, 66%, 67%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA5552?

Its complement is #52F7FA; analogous partners are #FA52A3 and #FAA952. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA5552 for text?

Black text on #FA5552 has a contrast ratio of 6.49:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.24:1.