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#FE0200 — Vivid Red

#FE0200 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 #FE0200 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.

#FE0200 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 #00FFFF; it also sits naturally between #FF0080 and #FF8000. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FE0200 · RGB 254, 2, 0

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Color values

HEX#FE0200
RGB254, 2, 0
HSL0°, 100%, 50%
HSV0°, 100%, 100%
CMYK0%, 99%, 100%, 0%
XYZ40.89, 21.11, 1.92
Yxy21.11, 0.6397, 0.3303
CIE-Lab53.07, 79.73, 67.04
Hunter Lab45.95, 82.19, 28.23

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 1% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 99% · Yellow 100% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FE0200 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FE0200 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FE0200

.text { color: #FE0200; }
.background { background-color: #FE0200; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FE0200; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 2, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 100%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FE0200; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 2, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FE0200; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 2, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FE0200">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FE0200">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FE0200

#E60000#D10000#B80000#A30000#8A0000#700000#5C0000#420000#2E0000#140000

Tints of #FE0200

#FF1A1A#FF2E2E#FF4747#FF5C5C#FF7575#FF8F8F#FFA3A3#FFBDBD#FFD1D1#FFEBEB

Tones of #FE0200

#ED1212#DA2525#C83737#B64949#A45B5B#916E6E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #00FFFF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text4.02:1 AA large only
Against black text5.22:1 AA

Best text color on #FE0200: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FE0200

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 #FE0200: ·

How #FE0200 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #918F00Deuteranopia · #A0B201Tritanopia · #F10101

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 #FE0200 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#FA1616#FD0D1D#DD0303#DC0000#D90000#DC0E0E#FD2414#FD1027#E21818#DA1212#E91521

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FE01FF  ·  #FE0201 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FE0200?

#FE0200 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 254, 2, 0). Its closest standard named color is Red.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FE0200?

#FE0200 is RGB 254, 2, 0 — HSL 0°, 100%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 99%, 100%, 0%.

What colors go with #FE0200?

Its complement is #00FFFF; analogous partners are #FF0080 and #FF8000. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FE0200 for text?

Black text on #FE0200 has a contrast ratio of 5.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.02:1.