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#AD160F — Vivid Red

#AD160F 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 #AD160F 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.

#AD160F 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 #0FA6AE; it also sits naturally between #AE0F56 and #AE660F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#AD160F · RGB 173, 22, 15

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Color values

HEX#AD160F
RGB173, 22, 15
HSL3°, 84%, 37%
HSV3°, 91%, 68%
CMYK0%, 87%, 91%, 32%
XYZ17.61, 9.49, 1.36
Yxy9.49, 0.6187, 0.3336
CIE-Lab36.92, 56.94, 44.87
Hunter Lab30.81, 50.52, 17.94

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 68% · Green 9% · Blue 6%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 87% · Yellow 91% · Key 32%

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

Previews

Sample text in #AD160F on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #AD160F on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #AD160F

.text { color: #AD160F; }
.background { background-color: #AD160F; }
.border { border: 3px solid #AD160F; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(173, 22, 15); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(3, 84%, 37%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #AD160F; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(173, 22, 15, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #AD160F; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(173, 22, 15, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#AD160F">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#AD160F">Div content here</div>

Shades of #AD160F

#A0150E#8D130C#7F110B#710F0A#630D09#500B07#420906#340704#210403#130202

Tints of #AD160F

#CA1B12#E61E14#ED352C#EF5048#F26B64#F4827C#F69C98#F8B7B4#FBD2D0#FDEDEC

Tones of #AD160F

#A2211A#972B26#8C3631#80403C#754A48#6A5453

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0FA6AE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text7.25:1 AAA
Against black text2.90:1 Fails

Best text color on #AD160F: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #AD160F

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 #AD160F: ·

How #AD160F looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #6C6A11Deuteranopia · #748011Tritanopia · #A51212

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 #AD160F rather than the exact color:

Electric Ruby Harbor
#AD150F · #D65139 · #DF845C · #E7B18A
Palette 2b2a4c
#2B2A4C · #B31312 · #EA906C · #EEE2DE
Modern Ruby Aurora
#AA21AD · #E1217C · #AD1F14 · #DA9526
Burning Voyage
#B61E11 · #EB722D · #F1C36D · #F6F1A1
Hidden Drift
#BA130E · #E02206 · #F16344 · #E9C1A0
Velvet Summit
#A01D13 · #EB7152 · #19CCDA · #C8F1F5

Similar colors

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

#AD150F#B31312#AD1F14#B61E11#BA130E#A01D13#BB1316#9E1114#B3161F#B11E1E#A41F1B#AB211D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #AD160E  ·  #AD1610 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #AD160F?

#AD160F is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 173, 22, 15). Its closest standard named color is FireBrick.

What is the RGB and HSL of #AD160F?

#AD160F is RGB 173, 22, 15 — HSL 3°, 84%, 37% — CMYK 0%, 87%, 91%, 32%.

What colors go with #AD160F?

Its complement is #0FA6AE; analogous partners are #AE0F56 and #AE660F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #AD160F for text?

White text on #AD160F has a contrast ratio of 7.25:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 2.90:1.