Palettes / Colors / #E82012

#E82012 — Vivid Red

#E82012 is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color Red (#FF0000). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: red (#FF0000) — not an exact match. CSS red gives you #FF0000, a different color; use #E82012 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.

#E82012 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 #11DAE8; it also sits naturally between #E8116F and #E88B11. 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 91% · Green 13% · Blue 7%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 86% · Yellow 92% · Key 9%

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

Previews

CSS code for #E82012

.text { color: #E82012; }
.background { background-color: #E82012; }
.border { border: 3px solid #E82012; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(232, 32, 18); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(4, 86%, 49%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #E82012; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(232, 32, 18, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #E82012; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(232, 32, 18, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#E82012">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#E82012">Div content here</div>

Shades of #E82012

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Tones of #E82012

Color harmonies

Complementary — #11DAE8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #E82012: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #E82012

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:

How #E82012 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 #E82012 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

← #E82011  ·  #E82013 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #E82012?

#E82012 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 232, 32, 18). Its closest standard named color is Red.

What is the RGB and HSL of #E82012?

#E82012 is RGB 232, 32, 18 — HSL 4°, 86%, 49% — CMYK 0%, 86%, 92%, 9%.

What colors go with #E82012?

Its complement is #11DAE8; analogous partners are #E8116F and #E88B11. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #E82012 for text?

Black text on #E82012 has a contrast ratio of 4.65:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.52:1.