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#FA752A — Vivid Orange

#FA752A is a orange color we call Vivid Orange, closest to the named color Tomato (#FF6347). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: tomato (#FF6347) — not an exact match. CSS tomato gives you #FF6347, a different color; use #FA752A 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.

#FA752A is a warm orange color associated with warmth, appetite and friendliness. 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 #29ADFA; it also sits naturally between #FA2945 and #FADE29. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA752A · RGB 250, 117, 42

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Color values

HEX#FA752A
RGB250, 117, 42
HSL22°, 95%, 57%
HSV22°, 83%, 98%
CMYK0%, 53%, 83%, 2%
XYZ46.20, 33.21, 6.17
Yxy33.21, 0.5399, 0.3881
CIE-Lab64.33, 46.88, 61.70
Hunter Lab57.63, 46.05, 32.05

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 46% · Blue 16%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 53% · Yellow 83% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA752A on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA752A on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA752A

.text { color: #FA752A; }
.background { background-color: #FA752A; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA752A; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 117, 42); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(22, 95%, 57%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA752A; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 117, 42, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA752A; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 117, 42, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA752A">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA752A">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA752A

#F96610#E55806#CC4E05#B34505#9A3B04#7C3003#632603#4B1D02#2D1101#140801

Tints of #FA752A

#FA823D#FB8F51#FB9C65#FCA979#FCB58D#FCBF9C#FDCCAF#FDD9C3#FEE5D7#FEF2EB

Tones of #FA752A

#EA7A39#DC7D47#CD8256#BE8564#AF8974#A18D82

Color harmonies

Complementary — #29ADFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.75:1 Fails
Against black text7.64:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA752A: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA752A

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 #FA752A: ·

How #FA752A looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C0BF3CDeuteranopia · #C8D241Tritanopia · #F34A4E

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 orange 500 · #F97316Material Deep Orange 500 · #FF5722Tailwind orange 600 · #EA580C

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA752A rather than the exact color:

Modern Ruby Whisper
#1F0C3A · #FA3745 · #FAB522 · #F77A27
Palette 78b3ce
#78B3CE · #C9E6F0 · #FBF8EF · #F96E2A
Scarlet Meadow
#0F2E1F · #FB6F30 · #FA43BB · #F7287A
Palette E9e3df
#E9E3DF · #FF7A30 · #465C88 · #000000
Palette 7b4019
#7B4019 · #FF7D29 · #FFBF78 · #FFEEA9
Palette Feffd2
#FEFFD2 · #FFEEA9 · #FFBF78 · #FF7D29

Similar colors

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

#F77A27#F96E2A#FB6F30#FF7A30#FF7D29#FF6D28#F86C25#FE7F2D#FF6D24#F67D31#FA812F#FF6C22

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA7529  ·  #FA752B →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA752A?

#FA752A is Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 250, 117, 42). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA752A?

#FA752A is RGB 250, 117, 42 — HSL 22°, 95%, 57% — CMYK 0%, 53%, 83%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA752A?

Its complement is #29ADFA; analogous partners are #FA2945 and #FADE29. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA752A for text?

Black text on #FA752A has a contrast ratio of 7.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.75:1.