#FF516D#FF516D

#FF516D is a light, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.209 H 15.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF516D
RGB	rgb(255, 81, 109)
HSL	hsl(350, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(350, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 57.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 67.14, 22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 70.85, 18.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% 0.2015 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.209 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9472, 28.2555, 17.4468)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF516D #51FFE3

analogous

#FF51C4 #FF516D #FF8C51

triadic

#FF516D #6DFF51 #516DFF

tetradic

#FF516D #C4FF51 #51FFE3 #8C51FF

square

#FF516D #C4FF51 #51FFE3 #8C51FF

split-complementary

#FF516D #51FF8C #51C4FF

monochromatic

#D60022 #FF143A #FF516D #FF8EA0 #FFCBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#FF516D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#FF516D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #FF516D

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF516D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF516D	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)

#7E7A6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9E69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF275C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff516d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 81, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.209 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff8c96',
    500: '#ff516d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff516d;
$custom-light: #ff8c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff516d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.345,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6824,
    "c": 0.20906,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF516D

secondary

#B9F3E9

accent

#E6C100

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF1F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#1A0D0D

muted

#877E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF516D

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

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