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#FF372B — Vivid Red

#FF372B is a red color we call Vivid Red, closest to the named color OrangeRed (#FF4500). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orangered (#FF4500) — not an exact match. CSS orangered gives you #FF4500, a different color; use #FF372B 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.

#FF372B 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 #29F4FF; it also sits naturally between #FF2989 and #FF9F29. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FF372B · RGB 255, 55, 43

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Color values

HEX#FF372B
RGB255, 55, 43
HSL3°, 100%, 58%
HSV3°, 83%, 100%
CMYK0%, 78%, 83%, 0%
XYZ43.04, 24.17, 4.68
Yxy24.17, 0.5987, 0.3362
CIE-Lab56.25, 72.52, 54.51
Hunter Lab49.16, 74.04, 27.09

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 22% · Blue 17%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 78% · Yellow 83% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FF372B on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FF372B on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FF372B

.text { color: #FF372B; }
.background { background-color: #FF372B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FF372B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 55, 43); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(3, 100%, 58%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FF372B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 55, 43, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FF372B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 55, 43, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FF372B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FF372B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FF372B

#FF1B0F#F00C00#D60B00#B80900#9E0800#850700#660500#4D0400#2E0200#140100

Tints of #FF372B

#FF473D#FF5A52#FF6961#FF7C75#FF908A#FFA39E#FFB6B3#FFC5C2#FFD8D6#FFECEB

Tones of #FF372B

#F04138#E04F48#D15D57#C26A66#B37875#A38685

Color harmonies

Complementary — #29F4FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.60:1 AA large only
Against black text5.83:1 AA

Best text color on #FF372B: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FF372B

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 #FF372B: ·

How #FF372B looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #A8A72EDeuteranopia · #B4C32FTritanopia · #F53031

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:

Material Red 500 · #F44336Tailwind red 500 · #EF4444Material Deep Orange 500 · #FF5722

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FF372B rather than the exact color:

Palette 16c47f
#16C47F · #FFD65A · #FF9D23 · #F93827
Dusty Garden
#180918 · #53FC52 · #FF3E2D · #2FF8A2
Frozen Ruby Solace
#0D3820 · #FCF211 · #2B28F8 · #FB3D25
Electric Ruby Monsoon
#263215 · #52FCA3 · #F73F2B · #FE4669
Palette Ff3f33
#FF3F33 · #FFE6E1 · #075B5E · #9FC87E
Palette Ffedce
#FFEDCE · #FFC193 · #FF8383 · #FF3737

Similar colors

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

#F93827#FF3E2D#FB3D25#F73F2B#FF3F33#FF3737#FD3236#FB3D21#FA4032#FF3838#F92B29#FF2929

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FF372A  ·  #FF372C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FF372B?

#FF372B is Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 255, 55, 43). Its closest standard named color is OrangeRed.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FF372B?

#FF372B is RGB 255, 55, 43 — HSL 3°, 100%, 58% — CMYK 0%, 78%, 83%, 0%.

What colors go with #FF372B?

Its complement is #29F4FF; analogous partners are #FF2989 and #FF9F29. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FF372B for text?

Black text on #FF372B has a contrast ratio of 5.83:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.60:1.