Burning Raspberry
#ff0599
Richer, deeper magenta-red for bold but grounded accents
About Burning Raspberry
Burning Raspberry is what happens when you strip the warmth out of this corner of red and push the saturation up instead. It's cooler and sharper than Chinese New Year, which means it doesn't have that orange creep. It's also noticeably brighter than Cherry Static, so it reads as urgent without feeling heavy. This is the one that cuts through.
Use it in dashboards, alert systems, and fintech interfaces where you need a primary action or error state that lands clean and fast. It works harder at small scales than Brink Pink does, badge sizes, icon overlays, status indicators in dense layouts. It's the red you reach for when Chinese New Year feels too warm and Cherry Static feels too settled. Against cool grays it stays crisp. Against warm backgrounds, it can push toward magenta, so test before you lock it in.
The thing: it's got enough saturation to hold its own without the warmth that usually comes with that territory. That's what makes it different. It's direct without being hot.
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On White #ffffff
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
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