#FF6561#FF6561

#FF6561 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.189 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF6561
RGB	rgb(255, 101, 97)
HSL	hsl(2, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 62%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, 58.35, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 67.06, 29.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.1716 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.189 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0559, 31.4368, 14.8443)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF6561 #61FBFF

analogous

#FF61AC #FF6561 #FFB461

triadic

#FF6561 #61FF65 #6561FF

tetradic

#FF6561 #ACFF61 #61FBFF #B461FF

square

#FF6561 #ACFF61 #61FBFF #B461FF

split-complementary

#FF6561 #61FFB4 #61ACFF

monochromatic

#E60600 #FF2924 #FF6561 #FFA19E #FFDCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#FF6561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#FF6561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF6561

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF6561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF6561	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D835F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF4565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff6561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 101, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.189 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff978e',
    500: '#ff6561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff6561;
$custom-light: #ff978e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff6561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.519,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70235,
    "c": 0.18886,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF6561

secondary

#C7F4F5

accent

#E0E600

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#1A0E0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF6561

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

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