Vivid Red Hex Codes: 60 Vivid, highly saturated shades

These are the vivid, highly saturated shades of red in Tintly's color library: 98 of the 149 red shades. Vivid shades are accents. They attract the eye, so use them for one action at a time.

Vivid red shades with hex codes

How to use them

Use one vivid shade as the accent and keep the rest of the page in neutrals or muted shades, so the accent stays an event rather than the wallpaper.

Standouts in this group

• Darkest: Hellbound (#710101), at 35% lightness.
• Lightest: Coral (#FF7F50), at 74% lightness.
• Most saturated: Neon Pink (#FE019A).
• Best text color on white: Hellbound (#710101), at 12.30:1.

What the numbers say

Across all 149 red shades in the library, lightness runs from 12% to 74%. 102 of them reach 4.5 to 1 on white, so they can be used as text on a light page, and 44 reach 4.5 to 1 on near-black, so they can be used as text on a dark page. The rest are for fills, surfaces and large type, where the requirement is lower. Within the vivid, highly saturated shades the figures are different: 61 of 98 pass on white.

Pairing with other families

The base red (#D62839) separates best from beige (3.54:1), yellow (3.02:1) and orange (1.89:1). Because red stands for love, passion and fire, those pairings carry the most contrast of both color and meaning.

• Red and beige: see the combinations in soft, bold and dark versions.
• Red and yellow: see the combinations in soft, bold and dark versions.
• Red and orange: see the combinations in soft, bold and dark versions.