Burning Raspberry

#ff0599

Richer, deeper magenta-red for bold but grounded accents

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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 , which means it doesn't have that orange creep. It's also noticeably brighter than , 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 does, badge sizes, icon overlays, status indicators in dense layouts. It's the red you reach for when feels too warm and 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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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

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3.66:1FailAA Large

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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3.36:1FailAA Large

On Gray 900 #18181b

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4.84:1AAAAA Large

On Black #000000

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5.73:1AAAAA Large

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