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#CE030E — Vivid Red

#CE030E 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 #CE030E 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.

#CE030E 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 #03CEC4; it also sits naturally between #CE0373 and #CE5E03. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CE030E · RGB 206, 3, 14

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Color values

HEX#CE030E
RGB206, 3, 14
HSL357°, 97%, 41%
HSV357°, 99%, 81%
CMYK0%, 99%, 93%, 19%
XYZ25.57, 13.22, 1.62
Yxy13.22, 0.6328, 0.3272
CIE-Lab43.09, 68.05, 52.70
Hunter Lab36.36, 64.85, 21.63

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 1% · Blue 5%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 99% · Yellow 93% · Key 19%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CE030E on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CE030E on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CE030E

.text { color: #CE030E; }
.background { background-color: #CE030E; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CE030E; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 3, 14); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(357, 97%, 41%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CE030E; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 3, 14, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CE030E; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 3, 14, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CE030E">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CE030E">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CE030E

#BA030C#AB030B#97020A#830208#740207#5F0106#4B0105#370104#280103#140001

Tints of #CE030E

#EC040F#FB0E1A#FC2C36#FC454E#FD636B#FD7C83#FD9B9F#FEB4B7#FED2D4#FFEBEC

Tones of #CE030E

#BF121A#B12028#A22F35#943D41#864B4E#775A5B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #03CEC4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text5.76:1 AA
Against black text3.64:1 AA large only

Best text color on #CE030E: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CE030E

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 #CE030E: ·

How #CE030E looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #76740BDeuteranopia · #82910BTritanopia · #C40909

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 #CE030E rather than the exact color:

Palette 000000
#000000 · #CF0A0A · #DC5F00 · #EEEEEE
Velvet Mosaic
#CB0807 · #D75910 · #DEBD50 · #F2E19E
Palette Bbcb64
#BBCB64 · #FFE52A · #F79A19 · #CF0F0F
Palette C40c0c
#C40C0C · #FF6500 · #CC561E · #F6CE71
Palette C40c0c
#C40C0C · #FF6500 · #FF8A08 · #FFC100
Palette Eeebdd
#EEEBDD · #CE1212 · #810000 · #1B1717

Similar colors

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

#CF0A0A#CB0807#CF0F0F#C40C0C#CE1212#C00707#DC0E0E#C3110C#D90000#DD0303#DA1212#DC0000

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CE030D  ·  #CE030F →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CE030E?

#CE030E is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 206, 3, 14). Its closest standard named color is FireBrick.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CE030E?

#CE030E is RGB 206, 3, 14 — HSL 357°, 97%, 41% — CMYK 0%, 99%, 93%, 19%.

What colors go with #CE030E?

Its complement is #03CEC4; analogous partners are #CE0373 and #CE5E03. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CE030E for text?

White text on #CE030E has a contrast ratio of 5.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 3.64:1.