Neon Red `#FF073A`

Neon Red (#FF073A) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 22°, lightness 0.63 and chroma 0.253. 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	`#FF073A`
RGB	`rgb(255, 7, 58)`
HSL	`hsl(348, 100%, 51%)`
HSV	`hsv(348, 97%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 97%, 77%, 0%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(53.7 80.5 44.2)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.633 0.253 22)`

How Neon Red behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Neon Red is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ff0034 — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #ff0038 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #ff073a — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ff093b — ΔE 0.1, is virtually unchanged

Test Neon Red 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 3.93:1 and against black 5.34:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Neon Red

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.

#ffd7d5 · #ff9a96 · #ff073a · #d0002c · #92001c · #59000c

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.

#ff8c2f · #ff622a · #ff073a · #db0062 · #b70077 · #910781

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.

#d79c42 · #ff073a · #cc002b · #6e4700 · #6b0011 · #2c1900

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.

#00deeb · #ff073a · #915855 · #871e25 · #5e000e · #300003

Quiet Support

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

#d7f9fc · #c39997 · #ff073a · #5d7576 · #482020 · #000203

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.

#e6f5f6 · #bccdce · #8da1a2 · #0c282a · #000607 · #ff073a

Complementary

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

#d7d4ae · #c789ad · #ff073a · #176380 · #2d3e63 · #041123

Split-complementary

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

#cffcff · #00c19c · #ff073a · #0079a5 · #00382b · #00060f

Triadic

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

#d7ffd2 · #47c340 · #ff073a · #055aff · #002277 · #000200

Tetradic

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

#f2f8bd · #a8ae00 · #ff073a · #007f87 · #370079 · #000203

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FF5A5F · #FF817F · #FFA09D · #FFBDB9 · #FFD8D5

Shades

#D4002D · #AA0022 · #820017 · #5C000D · #390004

Muted

#EA474F · #D46160 · #BB7370

Using Neon Red

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.