All About Color #FA0000

#FA0000

About #FA0000

#FA0000 is a medium red color with the hex code #FA0000. In RGB it is red 250, green 0, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 0°, saturation 100%, lightness 49%; in CMYK it is 0%, 100%, 100%, 2%. Its contrast ratio is 4.15:1 on white and 5.06:1 on black.

#FA0000 Color Conversion

Hex tripletFA, 00, 00
CMYK0.00%, 100.00%, 100.00%, 1.96%
RGB Decimal250, 0, 0
HSL0°, 100%, 49%
RGB Octal372, 0, 0
HSV (HSB)0.00°, 100.00%, 98.04%
RGB Binary11111010, 0, 0
CIE-L*AB52.20, 78.92, 66.22
RGB Percent98.04%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH52.20, 103.02, 40.00
XYZ39.42, 20.32, 1.85
CIE-L*UV52.20, 171.67, 37.03
xyY0.64, 0.33, 20.32
Hunter-Lab45.08, 77.20, 29.13
RYB98.04%, 0.00%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#FA0000 on a dark background: contrast 5.06:1, passes WCAG AA.
#FA0000 on a light background: contrast 4.15:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #FA0000, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around #FA0000. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#FA0000 · #FF5757 · #9E0000 · #00FAFA · #57FFFF

Analogous palette

#FA00FA · #FA007D · #FA0000 · #FA7D00 · #FAFA00

Triadic palette

#FA0000 · #00FA00 · #0000FA · #FF5757 · #57FF57

Tetradic palette

#FA0000 · #7DFA00 · #00FAFA · #7D00FA · #9E0000

Monochromatic palette

#610000 · #AD0000 · #FA0000 · #FF4747 · #FF9494

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