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#FF0905 — Vivid Red

#FF0905 is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color Red (#FF0000). It belongs to the red family.

#FF0905 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 #05FBFF; it also sits naturally between #FF057E and #FF8605. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FF0905 · RGB 255, 9, 5

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Color values

HEX#FF0905
RGB255, 9, 5
HSL1°, 100%, 51%
HSV1°, 98%, 100%
CMYK0%, 96%, 98%, 0%
XYZ41.37, 21.47, 2.11
Yxy21.47, 0.6370, 0.3306
CIE-Lab53.46, 79.53, 66.06
Hunter Lab46.33, 82.04, 28.26

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 4% · Blue 2%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #FF0905 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FF0905 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FF0905

.text { color: #FF0905; }
.background { background-color: #FF0905; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FF0905; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 9, 5); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(1, 100%, 51%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FF0905; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 9, 5, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FF0905; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 9, 5, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FF0905">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FF0905">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FF0905

#EB0400#D60400#BD0300#A30300#8F0200#750200#5C0200#420100#2E0100#140000

Tints of #FF0905

#FF221F#FF3633#FF4F4D#FF6461#FF7D7A#FF918F#FFAAA8#FFBEBD#FFD7D6#FFEBEB

Tones of #FF0905

#EE1A17#DB2C29#C93D3B#B84E4C#A65F5E#947171

Color harmonies

Complementary — #05FBFF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.97:1 AA large only
Against black text5.29:1 AA

Best text color on #FF0905: #000000.

How #FF0905 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #949206Deuteranopia · #A3B506Tritanopia · #F30707

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 #FF0905 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#FD2414#DD0303#FD1027#DC0000#DC0E0E#FC1926#E91521#E21818#E82710

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FF0904  ·  #FF0906 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FF0905?

#FF0905 is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 255, 9, 5). Its closest standard named color is Red.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FF0905?

#FF0905 is RGB 255, 9, 5 — HSL 1°, 100%, 51% — CMYK 0%, 96%, 98%, 0%.

What colors go with #FF0905?

Its complement is #05FBFF; analogous partners are #FF057E and #FF8605. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FF0905 for text?

Black text on #FF0905 has a contrast ratio of 5.29:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.97:1.