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#FF6F6D

#ff6f6d ≈ Pastel Red

  • red
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Warm
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#ff6f6d is a color from the red family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 100% red, 43.53% green and 42.75% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 56.47% magenta, 57.25% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 0.82°, with 100% saturation and 71.37% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with energy, passion and urgency. Designers typically use it for food and restaurant brands, sales and promotions and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Pastel Red (#ff6961), ΔE 2.49.

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Relative luminance0.3373

Complementary

  1. #ff6f6d
  2. #6dfdff

Split complementary

  1. #ff6f6d
  2. #6dffb8
  3. #6db4ff

Analogous

  1. #ff6db4
  2. #ff6f6d
  3. #ffb86d

Triadic

  1. #ff6f6d
  2. #6dff6f
  3. #6f6dff

Tetradic

  1. #ff6f6d
  2. #fdff6d
  3. #6dfdff
  4. #6f6dff

Square

  1. #ff6f6d
  2. #b4ff6d
  3. #6dfdff
  4. #b86dff

Monochromatic

  1. #d30300
  2. #ff2420
  3. #ff6f6d
  4. #ffbab9
  5. #ffebeb

Shades

#ff6f6d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ff6f6d
  2. #e66462
  3. #cc5957
  4. #b34e4c
  5. #994341
  6. #803837
  7. #662c2c
  8. #4d2121
  9. #331616
  10. #1a0b0b
  11. #000000

Tints

#ff6f6d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ff6f6d
  2. #ff7d7c
  3. #ff8c8a
  4. #ff9a99
  5. #ffa9a7
  6. #ffb7b6
  7. #ffc5c5
  8. #ffd4d3
  9. #ffe2e2
  10. #fff1f0
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ff6f6d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ff6f6d
  2. #f2716f
  3. #e67271
  4. #d97473
  5. #cc7675
  6. #c07877
  7. #b37978
  8. #a67b7a
  9. #997d7c
  10. #8d7e7e
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #cc8d8c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #928a6c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6a96a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ff5670 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7806c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7956b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #ff616f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ff6f6d {
  color: #ff6f6d;
}
Background
.bg-ff6f6d {
  background-color: #ff6f6d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ff6f6d {
  border: 2px solid #ff6f6d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ff6f6d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 255 111 109;
  --color-primary-hsl: 1 100% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ff6f6d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff6f6d, #ffb86d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ff6f6d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(255 111 109 / 0.35);
}

#ff6961 Pastel Red ΔE 2.49 #fa8072 Salmon ΔE 4.25 #fe6f5e Bittersweet ΔE 4.29 #f08080 Light Coral ΔE 4.76 #e2725b Terra Cotta ΔE 7.58 #ff6347 Tomato ΔE 8.18 #fe4164 Neon Fuchsia ΔE 8.73 #009092 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Pastel Red
#ff6f6d  rgb(255, 111, 109)  hsl(1, 100%, 71%)  Pastel Red
#6dfdff  rgb(109, 253, 255)  hsl(181, 100%, 71%)  Electric Blue
#6dff6f  rgb(109, 255, 111)  hsl(121, 100%, 71%)  Spring Green
#6f6dff  rgb(111, 109, 255)  hsl(241, 100%, 71%)  Medium Slate Blue