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#FF211C — Vivid Red

#FF211C 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 #FF211C 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.

#FF211C 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 #1AFBFF; it also sits naturally between #FF1A88 and #FF901A. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FF211C · RGB 255, 33, 28

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Color values

HEX#FF211C
RGB255, 33, 28
HSL1°, 100%, 55%
HSV1°, 89%, 100%
CMYK0%, 87%, 89%, 0%
XYZ41.99, 22.43, 3.22
Yxy22.43, 0.6208, 0.3316
CIE-Lab54.48, 77.02, 59.70
Hunter Lab47.36, 79.15, 27.57

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 13% · Blue 11%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 87% · Yellow 89% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FF211C on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FF211C on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FF211C

.text { color: #FF211C; }
.background { background-color: #FF211C; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FF211C; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 33, 28); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(1, 100%, 55%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FF211C; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 33, 28, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FF211C; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 33, 28, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FF211C">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FF211C">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FF211C

#FF0400#E60400#CC0300#B30300#990300#7A0200#610200#470100#2E0100#140000

Tints of #FF211C

#FF312E#FF4542#FF5A57#FF6E6B#FF8785#FF9B99#FFAFAD#FFC3C2#FFD7D6#FFEBEB

Tones of #FF211C

#EF2D2A#DE3D3B#CE4D4B#BE5D5B#AE6C6B#9C7D7C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #1AFBFF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.83:1 AA large only
Against black text5.49:1 AA

Best text color on #FF211C: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FF211C

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 #FF211C: ·

How #FF211C looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #9F9D1DDeuteranopia · #ACBC1ETritanopia · #F41E1E

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 · #DC2626Material Red 500 · #F44336Tailwind rose 600 · #E11D48

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FF211C rather than the exact color:

Lucky Ruby Solace
#110C25 · #FE7E41 · #FA2344 · #FD2414
Vivid Summit
#0D1C05 · #F84715 · #FC1926 · #2FFDDF
Palette Fa1616
#FA1616 · #12CAD6 · #0FABBC · #E4F9FF
Palette Ebeaff
#EBEAFF · #9694FF · #3D3BF3 · #FF2929
Gentle Ruby Saffron
#2B0C2D · #CCFB51 · #F92B29 · #73FB43
Lucky Ruby Garden
#120A1D · #D4F620 · #F62E14 · #12FA19

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#FD2414#FC1926#FA1616#FF2929#F92B29#F62E14#FD0D1D#F6331A#FD1027#EB2A15#EB1B26#E91521

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FF211B  ·  #FF211D →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FF211C?

#FF211C is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 255, 33, 28). Its closest standard named color is Red.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FF211C?

#FF211C is RGB 255, 33, 28 — HSL 1°, 100%, 55% — CMYK 0%, 87%, 89%, 0%.

What colors go with #FF211C?

Its complement is #1AFBFF; analogous partners are #FF1A88 and #FF901A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FF211C for text?

Black text on #FF211C has a contrast ratio of 5.49:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.83:1.