Orange Red (#FF4500)

HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK values + mood/style/use-case color tags. Use this page to keep your colors consistent across web and print.

Preview

Sample Text
This is how text may look on this color.
Best text color: #000000
Contrast vs white: 3.44:1 — vs black: 6.10:1

Color values

  • HEX #FF4500
  • RGB rgb(255, 69, 0)
  • HSL hsl(16, 100%, 50%)
  • CMYK cmyk( 0, 73, 100, 0 )
  • Websafe #FF3300

Tags

Tip: tags are heuristic suggestions (helpful for browsing and inspiration).

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #FF4500 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

The color directly opposite on the color wheel — creates maximum contrast and vibrance.

Orange Red
#FF4500 Base
#00BAFF
Analogous

Colors adjacent on the wheel — naturally harmonious and pleasing to the eye.

Orange Red
#FF4500 Base
#FF003A
#FFC500
Triadic

Three colors equally spaced 120° apart — bold, balanced, and visually rich.

Orange Red
#FF4500 Base
#00FF45
#4500FF
Split-Complementary

Two colors flanking the complement — high contrast with less tension than full complementary.

Orange Red
#FF4500 Base
#00FFC5
#003AFF
Tetradic (Square)

Four colors at 90° intervals — rich variety, best when one color dominates.

Orange Red
#FF4500 Base
#3AFF00
#00BAFF
#C500FF
Monochromatic

Shades and tints of the same hue — cohesive, elegant, and easy to work with.

Orange Red
#FF4500 Base
#661C00
#B33000
#D63A00
#FF6329
#FF7D4D
#FFB599
Shades & Tints

Darker shades and lighter tints of Orange Red, generated by adjusting lightness while keeping the same hue and saturation.

Shades (darker)

#1A0700
#471300
#752000
#A32C00
#D13900
Orange Red #FF4500 Base
#FF662E
#FF885C
#FFA98A
#FFCBB8
#FFECE6
CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #FF4500. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

CSS Properties
/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #FF4500;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #FF4500;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #FF4500;
}
CSS Gradient
/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #FF4500,
        #00BAFF
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #FF4500,
        #00BAFF
    );
}
SCSS Variable
// SCSS variable
$orange-red: #FF4500;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$orange-red-r: 255;
$orange-red-g: 69;
$orange-red-b: 0;

// Usage
.element {
    background-color: $orange-red;
    color: rgba($orange-red-r, $orange-red-g, $orange-red-b, 0.8);
}
Color Blindness Simulation

How Orange Red appears to people with different types of color vision deficiency.

Normal Vision #FF4500 How the color appears with full color vision.
Deuteranopia #9C9C00 Deuteranopia affects ~8% of males. Green cones are absent, making it difficult to distinguish red from green. The most common form of color blindness.
Protanopia #70700D Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.
Tritanopia #FF4040 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.
Achromatopsia #8A8A8A Achromatopsia is complete color blindness. The world is seen entirely in shades of grey. Affects ~1 in 30,000 people.
Similar Named Colors

The closest named colors to Orange Red ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Orange Red #FF4500 Base
Orioles Orange #FB4F14 ΔE 1.34
Tangelo #F94D00 ΔE 1.65
International Orange #FF4F00 ΔE 1.91
Coquelicot #FF3800 ΔE 2.09

How to use this color

  1. Copy HEX for CSS and design tools, or RGB/HSL for UI adjustments.
  2. Use CMYK when preparing print assets (posters, packaging, brochures).
  3. Check contrast before using it for text or important UI elements.