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#FC684A — Vivid Red

#FC684A is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color Tomato (#FF6347). It belongs to the red family.

#FC684A 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 #4ADFFC; it also sits naturally between #FC4A86 and #FCC14A. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FC684A · RGB 252, 104, 74

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Color values

HEX#FC684A
RGB252, 104, 74
HSL10°, 97%, 64%
HSV10°, 71%, 99%
CMYK0%, 59%, 71%, 1%
XYZ46.33, 31.09, 10.04
Yxy31.09, 0.5297, 0.3555
CIE-Lab62.58, 54.78, 45.14
Hunter Lab55.76, 54.57, 26.30

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 41% · Blue 29%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 59% · Yellow 71% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FC684A on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FC684A on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FC684A

.text { color: #FC684A; }
.background { background-color: #FC684A; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FC684A; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 104, 74); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(10, 97%, 64%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FC684A; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 104, 74, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FC684A; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 104, 74, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FC684A">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FC684A">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FC684A

#FC4F2C#FB350E#E72904#C92403#AB1F03#8D1902#6F1402#500E01#320901#140400

Tints of #FC684A

#FC7459#FD8168#FD927C#FD9E8B#FDAB9B#FEB8AA#FEC4B9#FED5CD#FEE2DC#FFEEEB

Tones of #FC684A

#EF7057#E37964#D68271#CA897D#BD9289#B09B96

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4ADFFC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.91:1 Fails
Against black text7.22:1 AAA

Best text color on #FC684A: #000000.

How #FC684A looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BCBB51Deuteranopia · #C5D053Tritanopia · #F55758

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 · #EF4444Material Red 500 · #F44336Material Deep Orange 500 · #FF5722

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FC684A rather than the exact color:

Palette A62671
#A62671 · #DB466B · #F96C48 · #F5D773
Palette Ffaf45
#FFAF45 · #FB6D48 · #D74B76 · #673F69
Palette 62109f
#62109F · #DC0E0E · #FE6244 · #FFDEB9
Palette 7149c6
#7149C6 · #FC2947 · #FE6244 · #FFDEB9
Palette Ff714b
#FF714B · #C71E64 · #4D2D8C · #F2F2F2
Palette 1e104e
#1E104E · #452E5A · #FF653F · #FFC85C

Similar colors

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

#F96C48#FB6D48#FE6244#FF714B#FF653F#F16344#FF7444#F55C47#F76C58#FA5947#F9594D#FF6F3C

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FC6849  ·  #FC684B →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FC684A?

#FC684A is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 104, 74). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FC684A?

#FC684A is RGB 252, 104, 74 — HSL 10°, 97%, 64% — CMYK 0%, 59%, 71%, 1%.

What colors go with #FC684A?

Its complement is #4ADFFC; analogous partners are #FC4A86 and #FCC14A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FC684A for text?

Black text on #FC684A has a contrast ratio of 7.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.91:1.