#FF5040#FF5040

#FF5040 is a light, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.214 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF5040
RGB	rgb(255, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 65.16, 46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 80.30, 35.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% 0.1867 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.214 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0392, 27.3743, 7.7617)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF5040 #40EFFF

analogous

#FF4090 #FF5040 #FFAF40

triadic

#FF5040 #40FF50 #5040FF

tetradic

#FF5040 #90FF40 #40EFFF #AF40FF

square

#FF5040 #90FF40 #40EFFF #AF40FF

split-complementary

#FF5040 #40FFAF #4090FF

monochromatic

#C51000 #FF1803 #FF5040 #FF887D #FFC0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#FF5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#FF5040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #FF5040

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF5040	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83763D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF0C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.214 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff8b76',
    500: '#ff5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff5040;
$custom-light: #ff8b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.026,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67429,
    "c": 0.21377,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF5040

secondary

#ABEAF0

accent

#D2E600

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#1B0D08

muted

#887E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF5040

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

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