Fire Engine Red#FE0002

#FE0002 is a light, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.257 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Fire Engine Red — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FE0002
RGB	rgb(254, 0, 2)
HSL	hsl(360, 100%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(360, 100%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 100%, 99.2%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, 79.87, 66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 103.92, 39.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.2244 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.257 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8896, 21.0824, 1.9739)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FE0002 #00FEFC

analogous

#FE0081 #FE0002 #FE7D00

triadic

#FE0002 #02FE00 #0002FE

tetradic

#FE0002 #81FE00 #00FEFC #7D00FE

square

#FE0002 #81FE00 #00FEFC #7D00FE

split-complementary

#FE0002 #00FE7D #0081FE

monochromatic

#840001 #C10002 #FE0002 #FF3C3E #FF797A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#FE0002 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#FE0002 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #FE0002

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FE0002	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FE0002	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C5F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39000

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF000F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fe0002;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 0, 2);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.257 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff7352',
    500: '#fe0002',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fe0002;
$custom-light: #ff7352;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fe0002",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 0,
    "b": 2
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.528,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62614,
    "c": 0.25684,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FE0002

secondary

#73E6E5

accent

#FFFD29

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FFEEE9

border

#D7C9C5

text

#1C0A03

muted

#887C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #FE0002

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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