Tailwind Red

Tailwind CSS's red hue family — 11 stops from 50 (lightest) to 950 (darkest), forming a warm red chromatic scale. Use directly as a brand palette or pair with an accent hue from another tailwind-* atom.

13 swatches 14 light roles 14 dark roles tailwindwarmchromatic

Swatches

red-50
#FEF2F2
Lightest stop — page background in light mode.
red-100
#FFE2E2
Very light surface — cards and panels on light background.
red-200
#FFC9C9
Light divider, hairline, or subtle fill.
red-300
#FFA2A2
Muted accent or disabled-state foreground in light mode.
red-400
#FF6467
Mid-light tint — soft accent, hover wash, decorative fill.
red-500
#FB2C36
Mid stop — the canonical brand hue for chromatic palettes.
red-600
#E7000B
Mid-dark stop — primary action in light mode for chromatic palettes.
red-700
#C10007
Dark stop — pressed states, deeper emphasis.
red-800
#9F0712
Very dark stop — heavy emphasis, secondary text on light.
red-900
#82181A
Near-darkest stop — body text on light, surface on dark.
red-950
#460809
Darkest stop — page background in dark mode.
pure-white
#FFFFFF
Maximum-elevation surface and high-contrast text in dark mode.
pure-black
#000000
High-contrast text on light chromatic hues where the deepest stop reads as the hue, not black.

Mode role mappings

Light mode (14 roles)

accent → red-700
accent-hover → red-600
background → red-50
error → red-700
primary → red-500
primary-hover → red-600
success → red-600
surface → red-100
surface-elevated → pure-white
text-primary → red-900
text-secondary → red-800
text-tertiary → red-600
warning → red-300
warning-hover → red-400

Dark mode (14 roles)

accent → red-300
accent-hover → red-200
background → red-950
error → red-300
primary → red-400
primary-hover → red-300
success → red-400
surface → red-900
surface-elevated → red-800
text-primary → red-50
text-secondary → red-200
text-tertiary → red-400
warning → red-600
warning-hover → red-500

Provenance

Source
https://tailwindcss.com/docs/colors
License
MIT
Attribution
Tailwind CSS colors, Copyright Tailwind Labs Inc., MIT licensed. Hex values derived from canonical OKLCH definitions in packages/tailwindcss/theme.css via the W3C CSS Color Module Level 4 OKLCH → sRGB conversion.
Imported
2026-05-17 (upstream version 4.3.0)