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#FA615B — Light Vivid Red

#FA615B is a red color we call Light 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 #FA615B 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.

#FA615B 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 #5CF5FA; it also sits naturally between #FA5CA6 and #FAB05C. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA615B · RGB 250, 97, 91

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Color values

HEX#FA615B
RGB250, 97, 91
HSL2°, 94%, 67%
HSV2°, 64%, 98%
CMYK0%, 61%, 64%, 2%
XYZ45.59, 29.63, 13.21
Yxy29.63, 0.5155, 0.3351
CIE-Lab61.33, 58.06, 34.31
Hunter Lab54.43, 58.05, 21.54

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 38% · Blue 36%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 61% · Yellow 64% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA615B on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA615B on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA615B

.text { color: #FA615B; }
.background { background-color: #FA615B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA615B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 97, 91); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(2, 94%, 67%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA615B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 97, 91, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA615B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 97, 91, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA615B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA615B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA615B

#F9443E#F8231B#ED0F07#D00D06#B20B06#8F0904#720704#540503#310302#140101

Tints of #FA615B

#FA6F6B#FB7E79#FB8C88#FC9A97#FCA9A6#FDB2B0#FDC1BF#FDCFCE#FEDDDC#FEECEB

Tones of #FA615B

#EF6B67#E37672#D8807D#CD8B89#C29694#B6A1A0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #5CF5FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.03:1 AA large only
Against black text6.93:1 AA

Best text color on #FA615B: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA615B

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 #FA615B: ·

How #FA615B looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B8B65CDeuteranopia · #C1CC5DTritanopia · #F25E5E

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 rose 500 · #F43F5ETailwind red 500 · #EF4444Material Red 500 · #F44336

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA615B rather than the exact color:

Palette Fa5c5c
#FA5C5C · #FD8A6B · #FEC288 · #FBEF76
Palette F75b5b
#F75B5B · #C83B4C · #46265C · #794D9A
Palette 760031
#760031 · #D51C39 · #FF6060 · #FEEC41
Palette Ff5b5b
#FF5B5B · #F0FFC3 · #9CCFFF · #685AFF
Palette Ff5a5a
#FF5A5A · #FF8B5A · #FFA95A · #FFD45A
Palette F6f982
#F6F982 · #D9D46F · #FA5862 · #C64272

Similar colors

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

#FA5C5C#F75B5B#FF6060#FF5B5B#FF5A5A#FA5862#F76C58#FF5757#F96E5B#FF5656#FF6666#EF5959

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA615A  ·  #FA615C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA615B?

#FA615B is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 97, 91). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA615B?

#FA615B is RGB 250, 97, 91 — HSL 2°, 94%, 67% — CMYK 0%, 61%, 64%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA615B?

Its complement is #5CF5FA; analogous partners are #FA5CA6 and #FAB05C. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA615B for text?

Black text on #FA615B has a contrast ratio of 6.93:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.03:1.