Fire Engine `#FE0002`

Fire Engine (#FE0002) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 29°, lightness 0.63 and chroma 0.257. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#FE0002`
RGB	`rgb(254, 0, 2)`
HSL	`hsl(360, 100%, 50%)`
HSV	`hsv(360, 100%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 100%, 99%, 0%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(53 79.9 66.5)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.626 0.257 29)`

How Fire Engine behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Fire Engine is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #fe0000 — ΔE 0.1, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #ff0000 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #fe0002 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ff0204 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged

Test Fire Engine in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 4.03:1 and against black 5.22:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Fire Engine

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffd5ce · #ff9788 · #fe0002 · #ce0000 · #900000 · #570000

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#f98e00 · #f76700 · #fe0002 · #da004e · #b70066 · #930073

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#cf9d39 · #fe0002 · #ca0000 · #674900 · #690000 · #281900

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#ffebe8 · #00dcf5 · #fe0002 · #8f564e · #851c15 · #511510

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#d7f9ff · #c29891 · #fe0002 · #5b7276 · #47201b · #000304

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e6f5f7 · #bccdd0 · #8ea1a5 · #0f2a2e · #00070a · #fe0002

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#e2deb9 · #3bcaf2 · #fe0002 · #9b5e80 · #2c3c5c · #030f1f

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#d7f9ff · #00bda5 · #fe0002 · #0075ac · #00362e · #00050f

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#d4ffda · #00c456 · #fe0002 · #394fff · #13008e · #000200

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#ecfac0 · #99b100 · #fe0002 · #007c8a · #3c0070 · #000304

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FF5847 · #FF806F · #FFA092 · #FFBDB2 · #FFD8D1

Shades

#D30000 · #A90000 · #810000 · #5B0000 · #390000

Muted

#E94537 · #D26051 · #BA7267

Using Fire Engine

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.