Red Orange (#FF5349)

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: 3.19:1 — vs black: 6.59:1

Color values

HEX #FF5349
RGB rgb(255, 83, 73)
HSL hsl(3, 100%, 64%)
CMYK cmyk( 0, 67, 71, 0 )
Websafe #FF6633

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Tags

Mood

Energetic (215) Bold (205)

Style

Vivid (210) Neon (200)

Use case

Text (210) Button (200) Accent (185)

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

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #FF5349 based on color theory relationships.

Complementary

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

Red Orange
#FF5349 Base

#49F5FF

Analogous

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

Red Orange
#FF5349 Base

#FF499A

#FFAE49

Triadic

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

Red Orange
#FF5349 Base

#49FF53

#5349FF

Split-Complementary

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

Red Orange
#FF5349 Base

#49FFAE

#499AFF

Tetradic (Square)

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

Red Orange
#FF5349 Base

#9AFF49

#49F5FF

#AE49FF

Monochromatic

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

Red Orange
#FF5349 Base

#AF0A00

#FB0E00

#FF2C20

#FF7A72

#FF9B95

#FFE4E2

Shades & Tints

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

Shades (darker)

— #1A0100

— #560500

— #930800

— #CF0B00

— #FF1A0C

Red Orange #FF5349 Base

— #FF7168

— #FF8E88

— #FFACA7

— #FFC9C6

— #FFE7E6

CSS & SCSS Snippets

Ready-to-use code snippets for #FF5349. Click the copy button to copy any snippet to your clipboard.

/* Background */
.element {
    background-color: #FF5349;
}

/* Text */
.element {
    color: #FF5349;
}

/* Border */
.element {
    border: 1px solid #FF5349;
}

/* Linear gradient to complementary */
.element {
    background: linear-gradient(
        to right,
        #FF5349,
        #49F5FF
    );
}

/* Radial gradient */
.element {
    background: radial-gradient(
        circle,
        #FF5349,
        #49F5FF
    );
}

// SCSS variable
$red-orange: #FF5349;

// With RGB channels (useful for rgba() usage)
$red-orange-r: 255;
$red-orange-g: 83;
$red-orange-b: 73;

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

Color Blindness Simulation

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

Normal Vision #FF5349 How the color appears with full color vision.

Deuteranopia #A0A03D 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 #77774B Protanopia affects ~1% of males. Red cones are absent, causing reds to appear dark and indistinguishable from greens and browns.

Tritanopia #FF5252 Tritanopia is rare (~0.003%). Blue cones are absent, making blue and yellow difficult to distinguish. Blues may appear green, yellows appear pink.

Achromatopsia #909090 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 Red Orange ranked by perceptual difference (Delta-E 2000 — lower = more similar).

Red Orange #FF5349 Base

Sunset Orange #FD5E53 ΔE 1.89

Coral Red #FF4040 ΔE 2.72

Carmine Pink #EB4C42 ΔE 4.25

Tomato #FF6347 ΔE 4.32

How to use this color

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