Kid Icarus
#a81000
Oxblood-orange red with a calmer, deeper glow
About Kid Icarus
Kid Icarus reads like red that's been pulled just a little toward orange, but it stays noticeably cleaner and more upright than a cherry-leaning red. Where Büchel Cherry feels like a warmed-up warning that still lands as red, this one edges brighter and more playful, not maroon, not burnt. Compared to Heartbeat, it's less "pulse steady" and more "button press" with a firmer orange tilt. And unlike Chorizo, it doesn't sink into heat-dense depth, so it feels lighter and more immediate.
I use it for orange-family highlights that need to feel lively without turning into paprika: promo tiles, featured story badges, and primary actions in mobile commerce and gaming. It's great for dashboards and finance apps where you want urgency, but not the clinical chill of a colder red. On streaming UIs and event pages, it shows up as tap me energy while staying readable on both dark cards and light skins.
Quirk: on very cream backgrounds it can swing a bit more orange than you expect, so I usually pair it with neutral grays to keep the red identity anchored.
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On White #ffffff
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
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