#fa0000

Color #fa0000

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Red #ff0000 · ΔE 1.86 Nearest Tailwind class red-600 #e7000b · ΔE 4.4

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Conversions

HEX

#fa0000

RGB

rgb(250, 0, 0)

HSL

hsl(0, 100%, 49%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(0, 100%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 100%, 100%, 2%)

LAB

lab(52.21, 78.9, 66.2)

LCH

lch(52.21, 102.99, 40)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.2538, 29.24)

HWB

hwb(0, 0%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#00fafa

Analogous

#fa007d

#fa0000

#fa7d00

Triadic

#fa0000

#00fa00

#0000fa

Split-complementary

#fa0000

#00fa7d

#007dfa

Tetradic

#fa0000

#fafa00

#00fafa

#0000fa

Square

#fa0000

#7dfa00

#00fafa

#7d00fa

Shades

Color #fa0000 mixed toward black.

#d00000

#a70000

#7d0000

#530000

#2a0000

Tints

Color #fa0000 mixed toward white.

#ff2626

#ff5252

#ff7d7d

#ffa8a8

#ffd4d4

Tones

Color #fa0000 mixed toward gray.

#e51515

#d02a2a

#bb3e3e

#a75353

#926868

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.06:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#c2c100 · ΔE 55.8

Deuteranopia

#cbd600 · ΔE 61.1

Tritanopia

#f40000 · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 31.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #fa0000;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#fa0000]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#fa0000 (#fa0000) is rgb(250, 0, 0) in RGB.

No, #fa0000 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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