Color discrepancy between FCP and Photoshop

I'm having trouble with a discrepancy b/w FCP text and Photoshop text. We chose a color of 162-56-25 (reddish orange) for FCP text for a project I'm editing. When we created graphics in photoshop and After Effects with those same values, and brought them into final cut, the color ended up being much lighter. Anyone know why? We've got multiple people working on the project, and on the the graphics. I'd like to standardize the color value, instead of having everyone trying to match. Tks!

Sure. But if I'm looking at BOTH the FCP generated text and the Photoshop and AE graphics in final cut, and on the same monitor, shouldn't they look the same? I don't mind if I'm not seeing them with complete accuracy in FCP, i.e. I don't mind if they look slightly different on different monitors, but I want them all to match.
Does that make sense? I guess the key piece of info I left out is that I'm looking at the AE and Photoshop text IN FINAL CUT.

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