Fireball
#ce2029
Slightly lighter, hotter ember red-orange for alerts
About Fireball
The first thing I notice about Fireball is how it reads like a hot orange-red on contact. It's not the clean, badge-ready certainty of Heroic Red, and it's not the kid-friendly play of Cartoon Violence. This one hits with extra warmth and a deeper, smokier seriousness, so it feels more like heat from a flare than a wink from a toy.
It's the shade I use when you want urgency without drifting toward straight traffic-siren red. In practice, that means product launch hero sections, gaming HUD accents for "danger" states, and punchy highlights on food branding and beverage landing pages where the orange undertone matters. Pair it with dark ink grays or warm creams and it holds its ground, staying bold but not sterile.
One quirk: next to Cherry Sangria it can look brighter and more forward, so give it space or cool it down with charcoal so it doesn't steal the spotlight.
Code snippets
Copy this color into your project.
Contrast checker
WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.
On White #ffffff
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
Variations
Shades
Darker variations, created by mixing toward black.
Tints
Lighter variations, created by mixing toward white.
Tones
Muted variations, created by reducing saturation.
Hues
Hue rotations around the color wheel.
Temperatures
Warm and cool shifts of this color.
Color harmonies
Suggested palettes
Palettes built around this color.
Community palettes
Published palettes that include this color.
