#FF6551#FF6551

#FF6551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.192 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF6551
RGB	rgb(255, 101, 81)
HSL	hsl(7, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 68.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 57.46, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 70.94, 35.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.1659 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.192 30)
XYZ	xyz(47.3837, 31.1679, 11.3039)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF6551 #51EBFF

analogous

#FF5194 #FF6551 #FFBC51

triadic

#FF6551 #51FF65 #6551FF

tetradic

#FF6551 #94FF51 #51EBFF #BC51FF

square

#FF6551 #94FF51 #51EBFF #BC51FF

split-complementary

#FF6551 #51FFBC #5194FF

monochromatic

#D61900 #FF2F14 #FF6551 #FF9B8E #FFD1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#FF6551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#FF6551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF6551

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF6551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF6551	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E824E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff6551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 101, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.192 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff9782',
    500: '#ff6551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff6551;
$custom-light: #ff9782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff6551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.897,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69993,
    "c": 0.19158,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.31161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF6551

secondary

#B9ECF3

accent

#CBE600

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#1A0E0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF6551

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

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