Infrared
#fe486c
Deeper infrared red with hot pink undertone
About Infrared
I keep seeing Infrared show up like a heat flare on UI thumbnails: it feels red first, but with a cooler, slightly pink-leaning lift compared to the candy brightness of Chinese New Year. Brink Pink looks steadier and more grounded, while Infrared comes in sharper and more urgent without sliding into magenta the way Fuchsia Fever can.
Use it when you need a red that reads hot at normal UI sizes but won't feel traffic-light heavy. It's great for error states and attention chips in e-commerce admin, logistics consoles, and incident dashboards. In fintech and media ops, it works well for watchlist highlights and "needs action" banners where you want the alert to pop fast in dense tables.
Pair it with cool grays or near-whites and it stays clean. On very warm backgrounds it can start to look a touch pinker than you expect, so sanity-check it against your product chrome.
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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
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