Palettes / Colors / #FB3000

#FB3000 — Vivid Red

#FB3000 is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color OrangeRed (#FF4500). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orangered (#FF4500) — not an exact match. CSS orangered gives you #FF4500, a different color; use #FB3000 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.

#FB3000 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 #00CCFA; it also sits naturally between #FA004F and #FAAB00. 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 98% · Green 19% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 81% · Yellow 100% · Key 2%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FB3000

.text { color: #FB3000; }
.background { background-color: #FB3000; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FB3000; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 48, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(11, 100%, 49%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FB3000; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 48, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FB3000; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 48, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FB3000">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FB3000">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FB3000

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Tones of #FB3000

Color harmonies

Complementary — #00CCFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FB3000: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FB3000

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 #FB3000 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 #FB3000 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

← #FB2FFF  ·  #FB3001 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FB3000?

#FB3000 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 251, 48, 0). Its closest standard named color is OrangeRed.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FB3000?

#FB3000 is RGB 251, 48, 0 — HSL 11°, 100%, 49% — CMYK 0%, 81%, 100%, 2%.

What colors go with #FB3000?

Its complement is #00CCFA; analogous partners are #FA004F and #FAAB00. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FB3000 for text?

Black text on #FB3000 has a contrast ratio of 5.52:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.80:1.