#ff6561

Color #ff6561

A vivid, highly saturated light red.

Closest named color Tomato #ff6347 · ΔE 13.39 Nearest Tailwind class red-400 #ff6467 · ΔE 1.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ff6561

RGB

rgb(255, 101, 97)

HSL

hsl(1.5, 100%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(1.5, 62%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 62%, 0%)

LAB

lab(62.87, 58.35, 33.06)

LCH

lch(62.87, 67.06, 29.54)

OKLCH

oklch(70.2%, 0.1889, 24.69)

HWB

hwb(1.5, 38%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#61fbff

Analogous

#ff61ac

#ff6561

#ffb461

Triadic

#ff6561

#61ff65

#6561ff

Split-complementary

#ff6561

#61ffb4

#61acff

Tetradic

#ff6561

#fbff61

#61fbff

#6561ff

Square

#ff6561

#acff61

#61fbff

#b461ff

Shades

Color #ff6561 mixed toward black.

#ff2c26

#eb0600

#b00400

#750300

#3b0100

Tints

Color #ff6561 mixed toward white.

#ff7f7b

#ff9896

#ffb2b0

#ffccca

#ffe5e5

Tones

Color #ff6561 mixed toward gray.

#f2716e

#e57e7b

#d78a88

#ca9796

#bda3a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cfce62 · ΔE 50.1

Deuteranopia

#d6df62 · ΔE 54.9

Tritanopia

#fa6363 · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 27

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ff6561;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ff6561]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#ff6561 (#ff6561) is rgb(255, 101, 97) in RGB.

No, #ff6561 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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