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#BB070E — Vivid Red

#BB070E 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 #BB070E 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.

#BB070E 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 #07BBB5; it also sits naturally between #BB0767 and #BB5B07. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BB070E · RGB 187, 7, 14

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Color values

HEX#BB070E
RGB187, 7, 14
HSL358°, 93%, 38%
HSV358°, 96%, 73%
CMYK0%, 96%, 93%, 27%
XYZ20.65, 10.75, 1.40
Yxy10.75, 0.6296, 0.3277
CIE-Lab39.15, 62.85, 48.22
Hunter Lab32.78, 57.70, 19.35

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 3% · Blue 5%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 96% · Yellow 93% · Key 27%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BB070E on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BB070E on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BB070E

.text { color: #BB070E; }
.background { background-color: #BB070E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BB070E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(187, 7, 14); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(358, 93%, 38%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BB070E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(187, 7, 14, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BB070E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(187, 7, 14, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BB070E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BB070E">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BB070E

#AC060C#99060A#8A0509#760408#670407#590306#450205#360204#220102#140101

Tints of #BB070E

#D9080F#F60911#F72229#F83F45#F95D62#FA7A7E#FB989B#FCB0B3#FDCECF#FEEBEC

Tones of #BB070E

#AE1319#A12125#942E31#883A3D#7B4748#6D5455

Color harmonies

Complementary — #07BBB5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text6.67:1 AA
Against black text3.15:1 AA large only

Best text color on #BB070E: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BB070E

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 #BB070E: ·

How #BB070E looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #6D6B0CDeuteranopia · #78850CTritanopia · #B20B0B

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 #BB070E rather than the exact color:

Palette C00707
#C00707 · #FF4400 · #FFB33F · #134E8E
Palette C40c0c
#C40C0C · #FF6500 · #CC561E · #F6CE71
Palette C40c0c
#C40C0C · #FF6500 · #FF8A08 · #FFC100
Hidden Drift
#BA130E · #E02206 · #F16344 · #E9C1A0
Palette 280905
#280905 · #740A03 · #C3110C · #E6501B
Silent Ruby
#000000 · #830000 · #BC0202 · #FF0000

Similar colors

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

#C00707#C40C0C#BA130E#C3110C#BC0202#BB1316#B31312#AF0404#B80000#CB0807#B8001F#AD150F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BB070D  ·  #BB070F →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BB070E?

#BB070E is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 187, 7, 14). Its closest standard named color is FireBrick.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BB070E?

#BB070E is RGB 187, 7, 14 — HSL 358°, 93%, 38% — CMYK 0%, 96%, 93%, 27%.

What colors go with #BB070E?

Its complement is #07BBB5; analogous partners are #BB0767 and #BB5B07. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BB070E for text?

White text on #BB070E has a contrast ratio of 6.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.15:1.