#F27F51#F27F51

#F27F51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.154 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F27F51
RGB	rgb(242, 127, 81)
HSL	hsl(17, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(17, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.5%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 40.49, 44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 60.11, 47.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.1147 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.154 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.6965, 34.6553, 12.0657)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F27F51 #51C4F2

analogous

#F25173 #F27F51 #F2CF51

triadic

#F27F51 #51F27F #7F51F2

tetradic

#F27F51 #73F251 #51C4F2 #CF51F2

square

#F27F51 #73F251 #51C4F2 #CF51F2

split-complementary

#F27F51 #51F2CF #5173F2

monochromatic

#BB3F0E #EE5518 #F27F51 #F6A98A #FBD3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#F27F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#F27F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F27F51

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F27F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F27F51	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f27f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 127, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.154 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fda683',
    500: '#f27f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f27f51;
$custom-light: #fda683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f27f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7176,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F27F51

secondary

#B3DCEC

accent

#A3E303

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#190F0B

muted

#877F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #F27F51

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

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