Palettes / Colors / #C10000

#C10000 — Vivid Red

#C10000 is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color FireBrick (#B22222). It belongs to the red family.

#C10000 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 #00C2C2; it also sits naturally between #C20061 and #C26100. 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 76% · Green 0% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 100% · Key 24%

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

Previews

CSS code for #C10000

.text { color: #C10000; }
.background { background-color: #C10000; }
.border { border: 3px solid #C10000; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(193, 0, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 100%, 38%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #C10000; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(193, 0, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #C10000; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(193, 0, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#C10000">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#C10000">Div content here</div>

Shades of #C10000

Tints of #C10000

Tones of #C10000

Color harmonies

Complementary — #00C2C2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #C10000: #FFFFFF.

How #C10000 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 #C10000 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

← #C0FFFF  ·  #C10001 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #C10000?

#C10000 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 193, 0, 0). Its closest standard named color is FireBrick.

What is the RGB and HSL of #C10000?

#C10000 is RGB 193, 0, 0 — HSL 0°, 100%, 38% — CMYK 0%, 100%, 100%, 24%.

What colors go with #C10000?

Its complement is #00C2C2; analogous partners are #C20061 and #C26100. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #C10000 for text?

White text on #C10000 has a contrast ratio of 6.43:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.27:1.