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#eb6f6b

a light, electric red · warm · closest name: Light Coral

Token name suggestion: Meadow Cherry

RGB
235, 111, 107
HSL
2°, 76%, 67%
CMYK
0, 53, 55, 8
Luminance
0.3009

#eb6f6b is a light electric red, 2° on the wheel and 16/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.02:1). As text it scores 2.99:1 on white — use #E22E28 instead. Nearest name is Light Coral, nearest Tailwind family is red.

hsl(2 76% 67%)rgb(235 111 107)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eb6f6b is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eb6f6b
Hue
red
Saturation
76%
electric
Lightness
67%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
62%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3009
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
16/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
7.02:1
Closest name
Light Coral
ΔE2000 4.6
Chroma
53.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.688
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
red
500 · ΔE 8.5
Web-safe
#FF6666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue2° of 360°
Saturation76%
Lightness67%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eb6f6b.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool16% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red59%
Green38%
Blue4%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#eb6f6b
HEX (8-digit)#eb6f6bff
RGBrgb(235, 111, 107)
RGBArgba(235, 111, 107, 1)
HSLhsl(2, 76%, 67%)
HSV / HSBhsv(2, 54%, 92%)
HWBhwb(2 42% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 53%, 55%, 8%)
LABlab(61.7 47.6 25.4)
LCHlch(61.7 53.9 28.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.688 0.154 23.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(42.60, 30.10, 17.47)
Decimal15429483
Display P3color(display-p3 0.922 0.435 0.420)
Web-safe#FF6666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eb6f6b;
background-color: #eb6f6b;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eb6f6b;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eb6f6b] bg-[#eb6f6b]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eb6f6b;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.922, green: 0.435, blue: 0.420)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.922, green: 0.435, blue: 0.420, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EB6F6B</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEB6F6B)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEB6F6B)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(107, 111, 235)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(235, 111, 107)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(235, 111, 107)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 235, 111, 107)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9216f, 0.4353f, 0.4196f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{235,111,107}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eb6f6b 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eb6f6b 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#70120F, #EED4D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eb6f6b h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FCF3F3;
  --brand-100: #F9E7E7;
  --brand-200: #F4C9C8;
  --brand-300: #F29F9C;
  --brand-400: #eb6f6b;
  --brand-500: #E43F39;
  --brand-600: #D8231D;
  --brand-700: #B41D18;
  --brand-800: #901713;
  --brand-900: #681512;
  --brand-950: #410D0B;
  --brand: #eb6f6b;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F4;
  --brand-border: #EDC1C0;
  --brand-hover: #E7514C;
  --brand-pressed: #E3322C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241414;
    --brand-ink: #EED4D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF3F3',
        100: '#F9E7E7',
        200: '#F4C9C8',
        300: '#F29F9C',
        400: '#eb6f6b',
        500: '#E43F39',
        600: '#D8231D',
        700: '#B41D18',
        800: '#901713',
        900: '#681512',
        950: '#410D0B',
        DEFAULT: '#eb6f6b',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF3F3,
  '100': #F9E7E7,
  '200': #F4C9C8,
  '300': #F29F9C,
  '400': #eb6f6b,
  '500': #E43F39,
  '600': #D8231D,
  '700': #B41D18,
  '800': #901713,
  '900': #681512,
  '950': #410D0B,
);
$brand-base: #eb6f6b;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF3F3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9E7E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F4C9C8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F29F9C", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#eb6f6b", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#E43F39", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#D8231D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B41D18", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#901713", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#681512", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#410D0B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #eb6f6b · 7.02:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.99:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.02:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eb6f6b as text scores 2.99:1 on white and 7.02:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #70120F at 3.94:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#E22E28 · 4.51:1
AA on white−15% L
#E22E28
The quick fox
#AB1C17 · 7.22:1
AAA on white−29% L
#AB1C17
The quick fox
#eb6f6b · 7.02:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eb6f6b
The quick fox
#eb6f6b · 7.02:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eb6f6b

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #EA6B67 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#eb6f6b on white: 2.99:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eb6f6b on black: 7.02:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eb6f6b as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eb6f6b.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.99:1AaAa
Slate 502.86:1AaAa
Slate 1002.73:1AaAa
Slate 2002.43:1AaAa
Slate 3002.02:1AaAa
Slate 4001.17:1AaAa
Slate 5001.59:1AaAa
Slate 6002.53:1AaAa
Slate 7003.46:1AaAa
Slate 8004.89:1AaAa
Slate 9005.97:1AaAa
Black7.02:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #8C856A
deuteranopia · #AB9F68
tritanopia · #FF5B6F

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #eb6f6b is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCF3F3
#F9E7E7
#F4C9C8
#F29F9C
#eb6f6b
#E43F39
#D8231D
#B41D18
#901713
#681512
#410D0B
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FCF3F3Darkest = 950 · #410D0BText step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.039 23.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.062 23.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.093 23.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.121 23.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.142 23.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.154 23.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.154 23.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.145 23.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.130 23.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.108 23.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.085 23.8);
}

Colors that work with #eb6f6b

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF4F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDC1C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4D4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#15B794
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#70120F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FCE9E9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241414
Dark-mode background
Hover#E7514C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E3322C
Two steps down
Disabled#E9DDDD
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F57A76
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eb6f6b

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #70120F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #EA6B67

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight33/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#6BE7EB
Analogous left#EB6BA7
Analogous right#EBAF6B
Split-complement 1#6BEBAF
Split-complement 2#6BA7EB
Triadic 1#6BEB6F
Triadic 2#6F6BEB
Tetradic#A7EB6B
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°2°

#eb6f6b sits at 2°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.2%
Green43.5%
Blue42.0%
R · 0–255
235
0xeb
G · 0–255
111
0x6f
B · 0–255
107
0x6b

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta52.8%
Yellow54.5%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 115%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eb6f6b text on a black background

contrast 7.02:1

Card sample

#eb6f6b text on a white background

contrast 2.99:1

Card sample

#eb6f6b on grey

2.73:1

#eb6f6b on its own surface

2.75:1

#eb6f6b on its dark surface

5.92:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eb6f6b;
Background color
Panel with #eb6f6b background
background-color: #eb6f6b;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eb6f6b;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(235, 111, 107, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(235, 111, 107, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eb6f6b;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eb6f6b, #EBC46B);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eb6f6b, #EBE46B);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eb6f6b;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eb6f6b;
caret-color: #eb6f6b;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eb6f6b;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FCE9E9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eb6f6b;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eb6f6b 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eb6f6b over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(235, 111, 107, 0.5)
rgb(235 111 107 / 50%)
#eb6f6b80
hsl(2 76% 67% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eb6f6b 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eb6f6b1a#FDF1F0
20%#eb6f6b33#FBE2E1
40%#eb6f6b66#F7C5C4
60%#eb6f6b99#F3A9A6
80%#eb6f6bcc#EF8C89

Gradients from #eb6f6b

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2A4A1, #eb6f6b 45%, #70120F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eb6f6b, #E7C650);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eb6f6b, #6BE7EB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6BEBC 0%, #eb6f6b 45%, #70120F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F198C9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EFC686 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #70120F 0%, transparent 65%), #eb6f6b;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eb6f6b

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#eb6f6b in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 7.02:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#eb6f6b, answered

What color is #eb6f6b?

#eb6f6b is a light electric red, closest to Light Coral (ΔE2000 4.6). It sits at 2° on the hue wheel with 76% saturation and 67% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eb6f6b?

rgb(235, 111, 107) — 235 red, 111 green and 107 blue out of 255, or 92.2% / 43.5% / 42% by channel.

What is #eb6f6b in HSL and HSV?

hsl(2, 76%, 67%) and hsv(2, 54%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eb6f6b a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3009 and perceived brightness is 62%, so black text on it reaches 7.02:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eb6f6b?

Black. It scores 7.02:1 against #eb6f6b, versus 2.99:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eb6f6b accessible on a white background?

#eb6f6b on white scores 2.99:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #E22E28 to reach 4.5:1, or #AB1C17 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eb6f6b?

#6BE7EB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #6BEBAF and #6BA7EB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eb6f6b?

For interface work: #FAF4F4 as the surface, #EDC1C0 for borders, #9B4D4B for secondary text, #15B794 as an accent and #70120F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EB6BA7 and #EBAF6B stays calm, while #6BE7EB is the loudest partner.

What is #eb6f6b in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 53%, 55%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #eb6f6b warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 16 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EB8F6B; nudged cooler, #ED6995.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eb6f6b?

The red family — its 500 step is #ef4444, ΔE2000 8.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eb6f6b as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eb6f6b in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eb6f6b] or text-[#eb6f6b], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #eb6f6b with 50% opacity?

rgba(235, 111, 107, 0.5), or #eb6f6b80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5B7B5; over black, #763836.

Is #eb6f6b a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF6666, ΔE2000 3.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eb6f6b mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #eb6f6b?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2A4A1, #eb6f6b 45%, #70120F). For more colour, a short hue run to #E7C650 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eb6f6b in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eb6f6b at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.