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#FF050C — Vivid Red

#FF050C 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 #FF050C 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.

#FF050C 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 #05FFF7; it also sits naturally between #FF058A and #FF7A05. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FF050C · RGB 255, 5, 12

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Color values

HEX#FF050C
RGB255, 5, 12
HSL358°, 100%, 51%
HSV358°, 98%, 100%
CMYK0%, 98%, 95%, 0%
XYZ41.36, 21.40, 2.30
Yxy21.40, 0.6358, 0.3289
CIE-Lab53.38, 79.85, 64.35
Hunter Lab46.25, 82.43, 27.95

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 2% · Blue 5%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 98% · Yellow 95% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FF050C on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FF050C on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FF050C

.text { color: #FF050C; }
.background { background-color: #FF050C; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FF050C; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 5, 12); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(358, 100%, 51%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FF050C; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 5, 12, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FF050C; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 5, 12, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FF050C">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FF050C">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FF050C

#EB0008#D60007#BD0006#A30005#8F0005#750004#5C0003#420002#2E0002#140001

Tints of #FF050C

#FF1F26#FF333A#FF4D52#FF6166#FF7A7F#FF8F93#FFA8AB#FFBDBF#FFD6D8#FFEBEB

Tones of #FF050C

#EE171E#DB292F#C93B40#B84C50#A65E60#947172

Color harmonies

Complementary — #05FFF7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.98:1 AA large only
Against black text5.28:1 AA

Best text color on #FF050C: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FF050C

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 #FF050C: ·

How #FF050C looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #93910ADeuteranopia · #A1B40ATritanopia · #F30909

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 #FF050C 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#FD2414#FC1926#E91521#DD0303#DC0E0E#E21818#DC0000#EB1B26

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FF050B  ·  #FF050D →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FF050C?

#FF050C is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 255, 5, 12). Its closest standard named color is Red.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FF050C?

#FF050C is RGB 255, 5, 12 — HSL 358°, 100%, 51% — CMYK 0%, 98%, 95%, 0%.

What colors go with #FF050C?

Its complement is #05FFF7; analogous partners are #FF058A and #FF7A05. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FF050C for text?

Black text on #FF050C has a contrast ratio of 5.28:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.98:1.