#FF5E51#FF5E51

#FF5E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.198 H 28.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF5E51
RGB	rgb(255, 94, 81)
HSL	hsl(4, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 68.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, 60.42, 40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 72.62, 33.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% 0.1751 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.198 28)
XYZ	xyz(46.7328, 29.8660, 11.0869)
Luminance	0.2986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF5E51 #51F2FF

analogous

#FF519B #FF5E51 #FFB551

triadic

#FF5E51 #51FF5E #5E51FF

tetradic

#FF5E51 #9BFF51 #51F2FF #B551FF

square

#FF5E51 #9BFF51 #51F2FF #B551FF

split-complementary

#FF5E51 #51FFB5 #519BFF

monochromatic

#D61000 #FF2514 #FF5E51 #FF978E #FFCFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#FF5E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#FF5E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #FF5E51

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF5E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF5E51	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF375C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff5e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 94, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.198 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff9382',
    500: '#ff5e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff5e51;
$custom-light: #ff9382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff5e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.483,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69157,
    "c": 0.19831,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.29859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF5E51

secondary

#B9EEF3

accent

#D4E600

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#1A0E0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF5E51

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

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