Shades of Red

Red sits around 345 to 15 degrees on the HSL color wheel, spanning the point where hue wraps from 360 back to 0 degrees. It is associated with energy, urgency, heat, love and danger, which is why it carries warnings, sale tags and calls to action.

40 named shades#FF0000rgb(255, 0, 0)hue 345° to 15°

40 red colors, lightest to darkest

Click a swatch to copy its HEX code. Click the name for the full profile with HSL, LAB, OKLCH, harmonies and contrast.

Light Red
rgb(255, 204, 203)
C0 M20 Y20 K0
Tomato
rgb(255, 99, 71)
C0 M61 Y72 K0
Coral Red
rgb(255, 64, 64)
C0 M75 Y75 K0
Indian Red
rgb(205, 92, 92)
C0 M55 Y55 K20
Poppy
rgb(227, 83, 53)
C0 M63 Y77 K11
Vermilion
rgb(227, 66, 52)
C0 M71 Y77 K11
Imperial Red
rgb(237, 41, 57)
C0 M83 Y76 K7
Cinnabar
rgb(228, 77, 46)
C0 M66 Y80 K11
Amaranth
rgb(229, 43, 80)
C0 M81 Y65 K10
Brick Red
rgb(203, 65, 84)
C0 M68 Y59 K20
Alizarin Crimson
rgb(227, 38, 54)
C0 M83 Y76 K11
Lust
rgb(230, 32, 32)
C0 M86 Y86 K10
Red
rgb(255, 0, 0)
C0 M100 Y100 K0
Scarlet
rgb(255, 36, 0)
C0 M86 Y100 K0
Persian Red
rgb(204, 51, 51)
C0 M75 Y75 K20
Candy Apple Red
rgb(255, 8, 0)
C0 M97 Y100 K0
Redwood
rgb(164, 90, 82)
C0 M45 Y50 K36
Ruby
rgb(224, 17, 95)
C0 M92 Y58 K12
Crimson
rgb(220, 20, 60)
C0 M91 Y73 K14
Fire Engine Red
rgb(206, 32, 41)
C0 M84 Y80 K19
Cadmium Red
rgb(227, 0, 34)
C0 M100 Y85 K11
Cardinal
rgb(196, 30, 58)
C0 M85 Y70 K23
Cherry
rgb(210, 4, 45)
C0 M98 Y79 K18
Rosso Corsa
rgb(212, 0, 0)
C0 M100 Y100 K17
Venetian Red
rgb(200, 8, 21)
C0 M96 Y89 K22
Carnelian
rgb(179, 27, 27)
C0 M85 Y85 K30
Rufous
rgb(168, 28, 7)
C0 M83 Y96 K34
Garnet
rgb(115, 54, 53)
C0 M53 Y54 K55
Madder
rgb(165, 0, 33)
C0 M100 Y80 K35
Wine
rgb(114, 47, 55)
C0 M59 Y52 K55
Falu Red
rgb(128, 24, 24)
C0 M81 Y81 K50
Carmine
rgb(150, 0, 24)
C0 M100 Y84 K41
Sangria
rgb(146, 0, 10)
C0 M100 Y93 K43
Dark Red
rgb(139, 0, 0)
C0 M100 Y100 K45
Maroon
rgb(128, 0, 0)
C0 M100 Y100 K50
Burgundy
rgb(128, 0, 32)
C0 M100 Y75 K50
Barn Red
rgb(124, 10, 2)
C0 M92 Y98 K51
Blood Red
rgb(102, 0, 0)
C0 M100 Y100 K60
Rosewood
rgb(101, 0, 11)
C0 M100 Y89 K60
Oxblood
rgb(74, 4, 4)
C0 M95 Y95 K71

Tints and shades of red #FF0000

A perceptual 50 to 950 scale built from the pure red. Same hue, stepped lightness.

FFEDE8 FFDFD8 FFC7BC FFA495 FF7260 FF0000 E00000 B40000 880000 630000 380000

Build this scale from any color with the color scale tool, or get it as a Tailwind config from the Tailwind palette generator.

Light, medium and dark red

Red tints become softer and move toward pink, muted tones feel earthy, and dark shades become richer and more dramatic. Classic examples include Light Coral #F08080, Crimson #DC143C and Dark Red #8B0000.

How to use red in design

Red pairs strongly with its complement, cyan on the RGB wheel or green on the artists' wheel, while orange and magenta create analogous palettes. In branding, red attracts attention quickly, but bright RGB reds reproduce less vividly in CMYK, so print values should be checked with a proof. See RGB vs CMYK.