#fa271b Color Information

#fa271b Color Information
Details | Shades, Tints, and Tones | Variations | Color Coordinates | Color Schemes | HTML+CSS Examples | Coding & Programming | Color Blindness | Accessibility | Related Colors

The hexadecimal value (hex value) of this color is #fa271b. In RGB, it consists of 98.0% Red, 15.3% Green, and 10.6% Blue. Likewise, in the CMYK color space, it consists of 0% Cyan, 84.4% Magenta, 89.2% Yellow, and 2% Black. On the color wheel, its Hue is found at 3.2°, with saturation of 95.7% and lightness of 54.3%. The decimal value for #fa271b is 16394011, and its nearest "web safe" color is #ff3333. In the RGB color space, the strongest component for #fa271b is red. In the CMYK color space, its strongest component is yellow. And in the RYB color space, its strongest component is red.
  • HexHex code for this color#fa271b Copy
  • NameThe common name of this color(Unnamed) Copy
  • RGBRed, Green, Blue composition for this color250, 39, 27 Copy
  • RGB PercentPercent Red, Green, Blue composition for this color98.0%, 15.3%, 10.6% Copy
  • CMYCyan, Magenta, Yellow composition for this color0.020, 0.847, 0.894 Copy
  • CMYKCyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black composition for this color0, 0.844, 0.892, 0.02 Copy
  • HSLHue, Saturation, Lightness combination for this color3.2°, 95.7%, 54.3% Copy
  • HSV (or HSB)Hue, Saturation, Brightness combination for this color3.2°, 89.2%, 98.0% Copy
  • XYZCIE 1931 color space XYZ coordinates for this color40.348, 21.854, 3.129 Copy
  • RYBRed, Yellow, Blue composition for this color250, 40, 27 Copy
  • DecimalDecimal representation of this color's hex code16394011 Copy
  • CIE-LABCIELAB color space coordinates for this color53.872, 74.605, 59.211 Copy
  • CIE-LCHCIE-LCH color space coordinates for this color (chroma, hue, etc.)53.872, 95.246, 38.438 Copy
  • CIE-LUVCIE-LUV color space coordinates for this color53.872, 160.820, 36.856 Copy
  • Hunter LabHunter-Lab color space coordinates for this color46.748, 72.250, 28.756 Copy
  • xyYCIE xyY color space coordinates for this color0.618, 0.335, 21.854 Copy
  • AndroidValue of this color in Android development4294584091 / 0xfffa271b Copy
  • Web SafeHex code of the nearest "web safe" version of this color#ff3333 Copy
Last Updated: April 4, 2025

Shades of #fa271b

Shades are created by adding black to or removing lightness from a particular color. For #fa271b, its pure hue is 3.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 95.7%, and its lightness is 54.3%. As the amount of black is added to this hue and we reduce its lightness, the result is increasingly darker shades tints. The palette given below provides 9 different shades of #fa271b, which — excluding black and our original color — range from #1f0503 to #db2218.

Tints of #fa271b

Tints are created by adding white or lightness to a particular color. For #fa271b, its pure hue is 3.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 95.7%, and its lightness is 54.3%. As the amount of white (lightness) is added to this hue, the result is increasingly lighter tints. The following palette gives 9 different tints of #fa271b, which — excluding white and our original color — range from #fb4238 to #fee4e3.

Tones of #fa271b

Tones are the result of adding gray to a pure hue. In the case of #fa271b, its pure hue is 3.2° on the color wheel and its saturation is 95.7%, so we increase this saturation to create more colorful tones, and decrease the saturation to create grayer tones. The palette shown below gives 9 different tones of #fa271b, which range from #8b8b8b (the grayest / 0% saturation) to #ff2316 (the most colorful / 100% saturation).

Variations of #fa271b

There are several ways to create color variations and premutations of #fa271b! For #fa271b, there are 6 variations of the color that can be created by swapping its Red, Green, and Blue color positions, of which 5 are different from our original color. Among these six variations, there are 6 unique colors including our original color, #fa271b. Click on these colors to learn more about them, too!

Color Coordinates of #fa271b

This color, #fa271b, consists of 98.0% Red, 15.3% Green, and 10.6% Blue, resulting in color coordinates Red = 250, Green = 39, Blue = 27. Likewise, the CMYK color space composition for #fa271b is 0% Cyan, 84.4% Magenta, 89.2% Yellow, and 2% Black. These values are shown in the following charts and tables.

R98.0%
C0.0%
G15.3%
M84.4%
B10.6%
Y89.2%
K2.0%
Color Base R (Red) G (Green) B (Blue)
Decimal 250 39 27
Octal 372 47 33
Hexa #fa #27 #1b
Binary 11111010 00100111 00011011
Color Base C (Cyan) M (Magenta) Y (Yellow) Y (Black)
Decimal 0 84 89 1
Octal 0 124 131 1
Hexa #00 #54 #59 #01
Binary 00000000 01010100 01011001 00000001

Analogous Colors of #fa271b

Analogous colors are located 30 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel. For #fa271b — which has hue 3.2° — its analogous colors are located at 3.2° and 333.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #fa271b.

Triadic Colors of #fa271b

Triadic colors are located 120 degrees away from a color's hue on the color wheel, which means the original color and its triadic colors are equidistant from one another on the color wheel and form a triangle. For #fa271b — which has hue 3.2° — its triadic colors are located at 3.2° and 243.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #fa271b.

Complementary Color of #fa271b

A complementary color is located opposite a color on the color wheel (180 degrees away). For #fa271b — which has hue 3.2° — its complementary color is located at 183.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #fa271b.

Split Complementary Colors of #fa271b

Split complementary colors are the analogs of a color's complement, which places them 210 degrees away on the color wheel from an original color. For #fa271b — which has hue 3.2° — its split complementary colors its split complementary colors are located at 3.2° and 213.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #fa271b.

Tetradic Colors of #fa271b

Tetradic colors are two sets of complementary colors on either side of a color wheel from each other, forming a rectangle on the color wheel. For #fa271b — which has hue 3.2° — its tetradic colors are located at 273.2°, 3.2°, 93.2°, and 183.2° on the color wheel, with the same saturation and lightness as #fa271b.

Monochromatic Colors of #fa271b

Monochromatic colors are colors that share a common hue but that have different saturations and lightness. For #fa271b, we show 9 different monochromatic colors of it, ranging from #9b0d05 — (which has very low saturation and very low lightness) — to #fe928c (which has a very high saturation and very high lightness).

HTML+CSS Examples & Previews of #fa271b

We want to make getting started with #fa271b on your website fast and easy! Below are 8 examples of how to integrate #fa271b into a website using HTML+CSS. These examples include showing how #fa271b can be used to color text, backgrounds, shadows, and borders, as well as how it can be used as a solid fill or gradient fill for rectangles. These examples principally make use of <span> and <div> tags, although the CSS shown in particular can be repurposed to make use of #fa271b with other HTML elements.

#fa271b Foreground / Text Color

The color of this text is #fa271b.
<span style="color: #fa271b;">The color of this text is #fa271b.</span>

#fa271b Background Color

The background color for this text is #fa271b.
<div style="background-color: #fa271b; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">The background color for this text is #fa271b.</div>

#fa271b Text Shadow Color

This color for the shadow of this text is #fa271b.
<span style="text-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #fa271b;">This color for the shadow of this text is #fa271b.</span>

#fa271b Border Color

This is a div with border color #fa271b.
<div style="border: #fa271b 4px solid;width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a div with border color #fa271b.</div>

#fa271b Color Rectangle on a White Background

This is a rectangle of color #fa271b on a white background.
<div style="background-color: #ffffff; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #fa271b; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #fa271b on a white background.</div></div>

#fa271b Color Rectangle on a Black Background

This is a rectangle of color #fa271b on a black background.
<div style="background-color: #000000; padding: 60px; width:100%; height: 100%;"><div style="background-color: #fa271b; color:#ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; padding: 10px; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a rectangle of color #fa271b on a black background.</div></div>

Gradient from #fa271b to White

This is a gradient from #fa271b to white.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#fa271b,white); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#fa271b,white); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#fa271b,white); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#fa271b,white); width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #fa271b to white.</div>

Gradient from #fa271b to Black

This is a gradient from #fa271b to black.
<div style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,#fa271b,black); /* Firefox */ background: linear-gradient(to right,#fa271b,black); /* Safari */ background: -o-linear-gradient(left,#fa271b,black); /* Opera */ background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,#fa271b,black); color: #ffffff; width:100%; height:100%; display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">This is a gradient from #fa271b to black.</div>

Coding & Programming with #fa271b

In addition to using #fa271b on the web, we know you might want to use it in your mobile and desktop apps, too. Whatever your needs, the table below shows how to access #fa271b in the language and environment of your choice. These code snippets are principally the hexadecimal representation of #fa271b, or the RGB color coordinates for the same (Red = 250, Green = 39, Blue = 27). If you need details about the color coordinates of #fa271b in other color spaces, refer to these details as provided toward the top of this page.

Language Environment Code Snippet
HTML + CSS (Hex Code) Web #fa271b
HTML + CSS (RGB Code) Web rgb(250, 39, 27)
CSS Background Color Web .myclass { background-color: #fa271b; }
CSS Foreground + Text Color Web .myclass { color: #fa271b; }
CSS Border Color Web .myclass { border: 2px solid #fa271b; }
Java (Multi-platform) new Color(250, 39, 27);
Python (Multi-platform) Color("#fa271b")
Swift iOS UIColor(red:250, green:39, blue:27, alpha:1.0000)
Objective-C (iOS) iOS [UIColor colorWithRed:250 green:39 blue:27 alpha:1.0000];
OpenGL (Graphics) glColor3f(250f, 39f, 27f);
C# / .NET Windows Color.FromArgb(250, 39, 27);
 

#fa271b Color Blindness

Not everyone can see #fa271b the same way. For those with color blindness, #fa271b might look very, very different. Here, we simulate eight examples of color blindness, and how #fa271b looks next to each one of them. In all cases, #fa271b is placed in a circle in the upper-left corner of each of the below boxes, with the color in the rest of those boxes signifying how #fa271b looks for someone with that type of color blindness. Many people will perceive close similarities between the colors in these boxes and the colors in the circles — with some noticing particular similarities. We offer this insight so that as you make choices about colors to use for your purposes, you can make an informed decision about whether #fa271b will be a good fit for everyone in your audience!

Trichromacy

Protanomaly
Affects 1 in 100 Men & 1 in 10,000 Women

Deuteranomaly
Affects 1 in 17 Men & 1 in 250 Women

Tritanomaly
Affects 1 in 10,000

Dichromacy

Protanopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Deuteranopia
Affects 1 in 100, Mostly Men

Tritanopia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Monochromacy

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 20,000

Achromatopsia
Affects 1 in 100,000

Accessibility

Not Accessibility Recommended

We analyzed whether #fa271b is an accessible color when used as a text / foreground color against a white background. This analysis is based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 Level issued by W3C. Based on this analysis, we calculate a contrast ratio against white of approximately 3.9:1 against white. While there are some situations where this contrast is high enough to be considered accessible under the AA or AAA level standards, it is not high enough to be considered accessible in all cases. Details about the specific circumstances where #fa271b would and would not be an accessible foreground color are summarized below.

WCAG AA
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WCAG AAA
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