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#F00A06 — Vivid Red

#F00A06 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 #F00A06 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.

#F00A06 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 #06EBEF; it also sits naturally between #EF0677 and #EF7E06. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F00A06 · RGB 240, 10, 6

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Color values

HEX#F00A06
RGB240, 10, 6
HSL1°, 95%, 48%
HSV1°, 98%, 94%
CMYK0%, 96%, 98%, 6%
XYZ36.08, 18.76, 1.89
Yxy18.76, 0.6360, 0.3306
CIE-Lab50.40, 75.81, 62.69
Hunter Lab43.31, 76.42, 26.34

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 4% · Blue 2%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 96% · Yellow 98% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F00A06 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F00A06 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F00A06

.text { color: #F00A06; }
.background { background-color: #F00A06; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F00A06; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(240, 10, 6); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(1, 95%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F00A06; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(240, 10, 6, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F00A06; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(240, 10, 6, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F00A06">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F00A06">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F00A06

#DB0906#C20805#AE0704#950604#810503#6D0503#550402#410302#280201#140101

Tints of #F00A06

#F91915#FA322E#FA4542#FB5E5B#FB7674#FC8E8D#FDA7A5#FDBBB9#FED3D2#FEEBEB

Tones of #F00A06

#DE1B17#CE2A27#BC3B38#AD4A48#9B5A59#8C6A69

Color harmonies

Complementary — #06EBEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.42:1 AA large only
Against black text4.75:1 AA

Best text color on #F00A06: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F00A06

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 #F00A06: ·

How #F00A06 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8C8A07Deuteranopia · #9AAB07Tritanopia · #E50808

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 · #E11D48Material Red 500 · #F44336

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #F00A06 rather than the exact color:

Silent Ruby
#000000 · #830000 · #BC0202 · #FF0000
Palette F5f5f5
#F5F5F5 · #DFF1F1 · #BBD5DA · #FF0000
Palette 000080
#000080 · #FF0000 · #9E2A3A · #3A2525
Palette 000000
#000000 · #3D0000 · #950101 · #FF0000
Palette 252525
#252525 · #FF0000 · #AF0404 · #414141
Palette 443737
#443737 · #272121 · #FF0000 · #FF4D00

Similar colors

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

#FF0000#DD0303#DC0E0E#FA1616#DC0000#D90000#DA1212#FD0D1D#E21818#E02206#E91521#E82710

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F00A05  ·  #F00A07 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F00A06?

#F00A06 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 240, 10, 6). Its closest standard named color is Red.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F00A06?

#F00A06 is RGB 240, 10, 6 — HSL 1°, 95%, 48% — CMYK 0%, 96%, 98%, 6%.

What colors go with #F00A06?

Its complement is #06EBEF; analogous partners are #EF0677 and #EF7E06. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F00A06 for text?

Black text on #F00A06 has a contrast ratio of 4.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.42:1.