#F27F55#F27F55

#F27F55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.152 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F27F55
RGB	rgb(242, 127, 85)
HSL	hsl(16, 86%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(16, 65%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.5%, 64.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, 40.73, 42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 58.78, 46.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.1161 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.152 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8509, 34.7171, 12.8790)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F27F55 #55C8F2

analogous

#F2557A #F27F55 #F2CE55

triadic

#F27F55 #55F27F #7F55F2

tetradic

#F27F55 #7AF255 #55C8F2 #CE55F2

square

#F27F55 #7AF255 #55C8F2 #CE55F2

split-complementary

#F27F55 #55F2CE #557AF2

monochromatic

#BE3D0F #EE541C #F27F55 #F6AA8E #FBD5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#F27F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#F27F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F27F55

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F27F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F27F55	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f27f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 127, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.152 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fca686',
    500: '#f27f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f27f55;
$custom-light: #fca686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f27f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.051,
    "s": 85.792,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71813,
    "c": 0.15234,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F27F55

secondary

#B6DEED

accent

#A7E203

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#190F0B

muted

#877F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #F27F55

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

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