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#FC030F — Vivid Red

#FC030F 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 #FC030F 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.

#FC030F 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 #03FCF0; it also sits naturally between #FC038C and #FC7303. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FC030F · RGB 252, 3, 15

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Color values

HEX#FC030F
RGB252, 3, 15
HSL357°, 98%, 50%
HSV357°, 99%, 99%
CMYK0%, 99%, 94%, 1%
XYZ40.26, 20.80, 2.34
Yxy20.80, 0.6350, 0.3280
CIE-Lab52.72, 79.29, 62.86
Hunter Lab45.60, 81.51, 27.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 1% · Blue 6%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 99% · Yellow 94% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FC030F on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FC030F on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FC030F

.text { color: #FC030F; }
.background { background-color: #FC030F; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FC030F; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 3, 15); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(357, 98%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FC030F; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 3, 15, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FC030F; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 3, 15, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FC030F">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FC030F">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FC030F

#E3020E#CF020C#B6020B#A2020A#880108#6F0107#5B0105#420104#2D0003#140001

Tints of #FC030F

#FD1C27#FD303A#FD4952#FD5D65#FE777D#FE9095#FEA4A9#FEBDC1#FFD2D4#FFEBEC

Tones of #FC030F

#EB141F#D9262F#C7383F#B54A4F#A35C5F#916E6F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #03FCF0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.07:1 AA large only
Against black text5.16:1 AA

Best text color on #FC030F: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FC030F

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 #FC030F: ·

How #FC030F looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #908E0CDeuteranopia · #9FB10BTritanopia · #F00A09

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 #FC030F 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#FD0D1D#FA1616#FD1027#E91521#FC1926#DD0303#FD2414#DC0E0E#E21818#DC0000#DA1212

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FC030E  ·  #FC0310 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FC030F?

#FC030F is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 3, 15). Its closest standard named color is Red.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FC030F?

#FC030F is RGB 252, 3, 15 — HSL 357°, 98%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 99%, 94%, 1%.

What colors go with #FC030F?

Its complement is #03FCF0; analogous partners are #FC038C and #FC7303. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FC030F for text?

Black text on #FC030F has a contrast ratio of 5.16:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.07:1.