What is hex #FA7574 color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 98% red, 46% green and 45% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (250,117,116).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 53%, 54%, 2%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #FA7574 features a hue of 0°, 54% saturation, and a brightness value of 98%.

Hex #FA7574 Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #FA7574
RGB Values (250,117,116)
CMYK Values (0%, 53%, 54%, 2%)
HSV/HSB Values (0°, 54%, 98%)
Closest Web Safe
#FF6666
Inverse Color
#058A8B
Closest Pantone®
805 C
Closest RAL
RAL 3014 [Antique pink]
Complementary Color
#74F9FA

#FA7574 Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#A1A1A1
Lightness (Desaturation)
#B7B7B7
Weighted (BT601)
#9D9D9D
Luma (BT709)
#919191

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #FA7574 complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #FA7574

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #FA7574.

Contrast Ratio: 2.67:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #FA7574

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #FA7574.

Contrast Ratio: 7.86:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #FA7574 Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #FA7574 is #74F9FA. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #FA7574 you will find #74F9FA. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#FA7574 #74F9FA

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #FA7574 is composed with colors #FA74B6 and #FAB874. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #FA7574 with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#FA74B6 #FA7574 #FAB874

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #FA7574 is composed with colors #74B6FA and #74FAB8. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#FA7574 #74B6FA #74FAB8

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #FA7574 is composed with colors #7574FA and #74FA75. They are located to the right and left of your main color #FA7574 with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#FA7574 #7574FA #74FA75

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #FA7574 is composed with colors #74FA75, #74F9FA and #FA74F9 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#FA7574 #74FA75 #74F9FA #FA74F9

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #FA7574 is composed with colors #B6FA74, #74F9FA and #B874FA To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#FA7574 #B6FA74 #74F9FA #B874FA

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #FA7574

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #FA7574.

#FA7574 #FA8887 #FB9C9B #FCAFAF #FCC3C2 #FDD6D6 #FEEAEA #FEFDFD

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#FA7574 #F27B7B #EB8282 #E48989 #DD9090 #D69797 #CF9E9E #C8A5A5

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#FA7574 #F96160 #F84D4C #F73A38 #F72625 #F61311 #EB0A08 #D70907

Hex #FA7574 in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #FA7574
Java new Color(250,117,116);
Python Color(#FA7574)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 250,117,116);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.98, green: 0.46, blue: 0.45, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(250, 117, 116)