Palettes / Colors / #B80025

#B80025 — Vivid Red

#B80025 is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color FireBrick (#B22222). It belongs to the red family.

#B80025 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 #00B893; it also sits naturally between #B80081 and #B83700. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 72% · Green 0% · Blue 15%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 80% · Key 28%

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

Previews

CSS code for #B80025

.text { color: #B80025; }
.background { background-color: #B80025; }
.border { border: 3px solid #B80025; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(184, 0, 37); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(348, 100%, 36%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #B80025; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(184, 0, 37, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #B80025; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(184, 0, 37, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#B80025">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#B80025">Div content here</div>

Shades of #B80025

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #00B893:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #B80025: #FFFFFF.

How #B80025 looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #B80025 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #B80024  ·  #B80026 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #B80025?

#B80025 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 184, 0, 37). Its closest standard named color is FireBrick.

What is the RGB and HSL of #B80025?

#B80025 is RGB 184, 0, 37 — HSL 348°, 100%, 36% — CMYK 0%, 100%, 80%, 28%.

What colors go with #B80025?

Its complement is #00B893; analogous partners are #B80081 and #B83700. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #B80025 for text?

White text on #B80025 has a contrast ratio of 6.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.06:1.