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#AB032B — Vivid Red

#AB032B 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 #AB032B 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.

#AB032B 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 #03AB84; it also sits naturally between #AB037E and #AB2F03. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AB032B · RGB 171, 3, 43

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Color values

HEX#AB032B
RGB171, 3, 43
HSL346°, 97%, 34%
HSV346°, 98%, 67%
CMYK0%, 98%, 75%, 33%
XYZ17.26, 8.90, 3.09
Yxy8.90, 0.5901, 0.3041
CIE-Lab35.79, 59.94, 28.26
Hunter Lab29.83, 53.54, 13.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 67% · Green 1% · Blue 17%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 98% · Yellow 75% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AB032B on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AB032B on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AB032B

.text { color: #AB032B; }
.background { background-color: #AB032B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AB032B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(171, 3, 43); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(346, 97%, 34%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AB032B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(171, 3, 43, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AB032B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(171, 3, 43, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AB032B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AB032B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AB032B

#9C0226#8D0222#7E021F#6F021B#5F0117#500114#410110#32010C#230109#140005

Tints of #AB032B

#C90331#E70439#FB1349#FC3160#FC4F78#FD6D8F#FD8BA6#FEAFC1#FECDD8#FFEBF0

Tones of #AB032B

#9F0F30#931B37#86273D#7B3243#6F3E4A#634B50

Color harmonies

Complementary — #03AB84:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text7.56:1 AAA
Against black text2.78:1 Fails

Best text color on #AB032B: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AB032B

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 #AB032B: ·

How #AB032B looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #626121Deuteranopia · #6C791FTritanopia · #A31A18

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 #AB032B rather than the exact color:

Palette Fbf9fa
#FBF9FA · #FD0054 · #A80038 · #2B2024
Palette 384b70
#384B70 · #507687 · #FCFAEE · #B8001F
Radiant Drift
#9F112B · #B35422 · #CDB519 · #588313
Palette Bf092f
#BF092F · #132440 · #16476A · #3B9797
Palette 5f0f40
#5F0F40 · #FB8B24 · #E36414 · #9A031E
Vivid Ruby Opal
#A21630 · #AA3611 · #D49A24 · #CDE020

Similar colors

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

#A80038#B8001F#9F112B#BF092F#9A031E#A21630#B3161F#B00F41#A31A35#AA193A#B01C33#AB1E28

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AB032A  ·  #AB032C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AB032B?

#AB032B is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 171, 3, 43). Its closest standard named color is FireBrick.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AB032B?

#AB032B is RGB 171, 3, 43 — HSL 346°, 97%, 34% — CMYK 0%, 98%, 75%, 33%.

What colors go with #AB032B?

Its complement is #03AB84; analogous partners are #AB037E and #AB2F03. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AB032B for text?

White text on #AB032B has a contrast ratio of 7.56:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.78:1.