What color is #FA5B3D?

#FA5B3D is a vivid red known as Orange Soda. It belongs to the red family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Orange Soda?

The RGB value is 250, 91, 61: 250 red, 91 green and 61 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Orange Soda?

The complementary color is #3DDCFA, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FA5B3D?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.63:1 and white text 3.17:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Orange Soda color: hex code #FA5B3D

#FA5B3D rgb(250, 91, 61)

Shades of red

Orange Soda has the hex code #FA5B3D. It is a vivid red.

In the RGB color model it is made of 98% red, 35.7% green and 23.9% blue (250, 91, 61).

Its hue angle is 10°, with 95% saturation and 61% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 64% magenta, 76% yellow and 2% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 6.63:1).

Orange Soda (#FA5B3D) color codes

HEX	`#FA5B3D`
RGB	`rgb(250, 91, 61)`
RGB percent	`rgb(98%, 35.7%, 23.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(10, 95%, 61%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(10, 76%, 98%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 64%, 76%, 2%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(60.02, 59.14, 48.98)`
CIE LCH	`lch(60.02, 76.79, 39.63)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(44.013, 28.149, 7.53)`
Decimal	`16407357`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Orange Soda, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FA5B3D	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	6.63:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.17:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#FA5B3D as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.17:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	6.63:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FA5B3D looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #fa5b3d; }
.text { color: #fa5b3d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fa5b3d; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(250 91 61 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #fa5b3d, #fab93d); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #FA5B3D on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FA5B3D?: #FA5B3D is a vivid red known as Orange Soda. It belongs to the red family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Orange Soda?: The RGB value is 250, 91, 61: 250 red, 91 green and 61 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Orange Soda?: The complementary color is #3DDCFA, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FA5B3D?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 6.63:1 and white text 3.17:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.