Information about #FA9040 color

#FA9040 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#FA9040 falls into the Orange Color Family — Full Saturation, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(250, 144, 64) — 98% red, 56.5% green, 25.1% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 42 / 73 / 2. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A maximally vivid orange, #FA9040 appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Royal Orange (#F99245). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Spring Orange (#FD963D) and Ireland Orange (#FF883E).

In RGB terms — rgb(250, 144, 64) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #FA9040: 9.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #FA9040 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#FA9040 color variations

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

#FA9040 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#FA9040 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#FA9040 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#FA9040 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#FA9040 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
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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
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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
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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
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Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

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

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #FA9040

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

Royal Orange color link
Royal Orange

#F99245

Spring Orange color link
Spring Orange

#FD963D

Ireland Orange color link
Ireland Orange

#FF883E

Orangeish color link
Orangeish

#FD8D49

Daylily color link
Daylily

#FF8936

Sun color link
Sun

#EF8E38

Shirley Temple color link
Shirley Temple

#FF8341

Sea Buckthorn color link
Sea Buckthorn

#EF9548

Jaffa color link
Jaffa

#EF863F

Mango Tango color link
Mango Tango

#FF8243

Neon Orange color link
Neon Orange

#FF9E3D

Sunshade color link
Sunshade

#FA9D49

#FA9040 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#FA9040
  • RGB250, 144, 64
  • CMYK0, 42, 73, 2
  • CSSrgb(250, 144, 64)
  • HSL26°, 95%, 62%
  • HSL Precise25.806°, 94.898%, 61.569%
  • HSV26°, 74%, 98%
  • HSB26°, 74%, 98%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.980
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.565
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • GLSLvec3(0.980, 0.565, 0.251)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.980, 0.565, 0.251, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.980, 0.565, 0.251)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB98%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB56.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDFA9040
  • DECIMAL ID16420928
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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