#F26A51#F26A51

#F26A51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.173 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F26A51
RGB	rgb(242, 106, 81)
HSL	hsl(9, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(9, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.2%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 50.70, 39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 64.40, 38.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% 0.1462 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.173 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2613, 29.7850, 11.2540)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F26A51 #51D9F2

analogous

#F25188 #F26A51 #F2BA51

triadic

#F26A51 #51F26A #6A51F2

tetradic

#F26A51 #88F251 #51D9F2 #BA51F2

square

#F26A51 #88F251 #51D9F2 #BA51F2

split-complementary

#F26A51 #51F2BA #5188F2

monochromatic

#BB290E #EE3918 #F26A51 #F69B8A #FBCCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#F26A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#F26A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #F26A51

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F26A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F26A51	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E824E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f26a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 106, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.173 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fd9982',
    500: '#f26a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f26a51;
$custom-light: #fd9982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f26a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.317,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68709,
    "c": 0.17283,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F26A51

secondary

#B3E3EC

accent

#C0E303

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190E0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #F26A51

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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