Information about #FA5A38 color

#FA5A38 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #FA5A38 belongs to the Red Color Family, featuring Full Saturation and Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(250, 90, 56) — 98% red, 35.3% green, 22% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 63 / 76 / 2. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #FA5A38 reads as a maximally vivid earthy red and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Orange Soda (#FA5B3D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Portland Orange (#FF5A36) and Ogre Odor (#FD5240).

The recipe behind #FA5A38 is rgb(250, 90, 56), with red as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #FA5A38 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 6.6:1 (passing WCAG AA), while white manages only 3.2:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#FA5A38 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#FA5A38 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #FA5A38

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#FA5A38
  • RGB250, 90, 56
  • CMYK0, 63, 76, 2
  • CSSrgb(250, 90, 56)
  • HSL11°, 95%, 60%
  • HSL Precise10.515°, 95.098%, 60%
  • HSV11°, 78%, 98%
  • HSB11°, 78%, 98%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.980
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.353
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.220
  • GLSLvec3(0.980, 0.353, 0.220)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.980, 0.353, 0.220, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.980, 0.353, 0.220)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB98%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB35.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB22%
  • Color FamilyRed
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDFA5A38
  • DECIMAL ID16407096
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01