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#AA080F — Vivid Red

#AA080F is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color FireBrick (#B22222). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: firebrick (#B22222) — not an exact match. CSS firebrick gives you #B22222, a different color; use #AA080F when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#AA080F is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #08AAA2; it also sits naturally between #AA0861 and #AA5108. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AA080F · RGB 170, 8, 15

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Color values

HEX#AA080F
RGB170, 8, 15
HSL357°, 91%, 35%
HSV357°, 95%, 67%
CMYK0%, 95%, 91%, 33%
XYZ16.75, 8.75, 1.26
Yxy8.75, 0.6259, 0.3271
CIE-Lab35.51, 58.32, 43.58
Hunter Lab29.59, 51.67, 17.22

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 3% · Blue 6%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 95% · Yellow 91% · Key 33%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #AA080F on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AA080F on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AA080F

.text { color: #AA080F; }
.background { background-color: #AA080F; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AA080F; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(170, 8, 15); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(357, 91%, 35%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AA080F; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(170, 8, 15, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AA080F; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(170, 8, 15, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AA080F">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AA080F">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AA080F

#9C070F#8D070D#7F060C#70050B#610509#4E0407#3F0306#310205#220203#130102

Tints of #AA080F

#C80913#E50B16#F41A25#F63741#F75961#F9777D#FA9499#FBB1B5#FDCED1#FEECEC

Tones of #AA080F

#9F141B#931F25#882B2F#7C363A#704244#654E4F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #08AAA2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text7.63:1 AAA
Against black text2.75:1 Fails

Best text color on #AA080F: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AA080F

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #AA080F: ·

How #AA080F looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #64620DDeuteranopia · #6D790DTritanopia · #A20C0C

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind red 600 · #DC2626Tailwind rose 600 · #E11D48Bootstrap danger · #DC3545

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #AA080F rather than the exact color:

Palette 252525
#252525 · #FF0000 · #AF0404 · #414141
Electric Ruby Harbor
#AD150F · #D65139 · #DF845C · #E7B18A
Palette 2b2a4c
#2B2A4C · #B31312 · #EA906C · #EEE2DE
Modern Ruby Mirage
#DF4AD4 · #C1206D · #9E1114 · #DA7B33
Lucky Ruby Tempest
#47070E · #9C0D15 · #E72950 · #E7BEC5
Palette 5e0006
#5E0006 · #9B0F06 · #D53E0F · #EED9B9

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#AF0404#AD150F#B31312#9E1114#9C0D15#9B0F06#BA130E#BB1316#980404#B80000#9A031E#B8001F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AA080E  ·  #AA0810 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AA080F?

#AA080F is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 170, 8, 15). Its closest standard named color is FireBrick.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AA080F?

#AA080F is RGB 170, 8, 15 — HSL 357°, 91%, 35% — CMYK 0%, 95%, 91%, 33%.

What colors go with #AA080F?

Its complement is #08AAA2; analogous partners are #AA0861 and #AA5108. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AA080F for text?

White text on #AA080F has a contrast ratio of 7.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.75:1.