#FF516C#FF516C

#FF516C is a light, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.209 H 15.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF516C
RGB	rgb(255, 81, 108)
HSL	hsl(351, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(351, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 57.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.10, 67.07, 23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.10, 70.96, 19.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% 0.2011 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.209 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.8937, 28.2341, 17.1649)
Luminance	0.2823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF516C #51FFE4

analogous

#FF51C3 #FF516C #FF8D51

triadic

#FF516C #6CFF51 #516CFF

tetradic

#FF516C #C3FF51 #51FFE4 #8D51FF

square

#FF516C #C3FF51 #51FFE4 #8D51FF

split-complementary

#FF516C #51FF8D #51C3FF

monochromatic

#D60021 #FF1438 #FF516C #FF8EA0 #FFCBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#FF516C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#FF516C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #FF516C

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF516C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF516C	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9E67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF275C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff516c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 81, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.209 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff8c95',
    500: '#ff516c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff516c;
$custom-light: #ff8c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff516c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.69,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6822,
    "c": 0.20904,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF516C

secondary

#B9F3EA

accent

#E6C200

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF1F1

border

#D7CBCB

text

#1A0D0D

muted

#877E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF516C

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

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