#FF5042#FF5042

#FF5042 is a light, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.213 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF5042
RGB	rgb(255, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 74.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, 65.23, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 79.76, 35.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% 0.1874 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.213 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0971, 27.3974, 8.0668)
Luminance	0.2739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF5042 #42F1FF

analogous

#FF4293 #FF5042 #FFAE42

triadic

#FF5042 #42FF50 #5042FF

tetradic

#FF5042 #93FF42 #42F1FF #AE42FF

square

#FF5042 #93FF42 #42F1FF #AE42FF

split-complementary

#FF5042 #42FFAE #4293FF

monochromatic

#C70F00 #FF1705 #FF5042 #FF897F #FFC1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#FF5042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#FF5042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #FF5042

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF5042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF5042	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF0E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff5042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.213 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff8b77',
    500: '#ff5042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff5042;
$custom-light: #ff8b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff5042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.444,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67452,
    "c": 0.21346,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF5042

secondary

#ACEBF0

accent

#D5E600

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#1B0D09

muted

#887E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF5042

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

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