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#f18b75

a light, electric red · warm · closest name: Salmon

Token name suggestion: Linen Cherry

RGB
241, 139, 117
HSL
11°, 82%, 70%
CMYK
0, 42, 52, 6
Luminance
0.3845

#f18b75 is a light electric red, 11° on the wheel and 11/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.69:1). As text it scores 2.42:1 on white — use #DB3916 instead. Nearest name is Salmon, nearest Tailwind family is red.

hsl(11 82% 70%)rgb(241 139 117)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f18b75 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f18b75
Hue
11°
red
Saturation
82%
electric
Lightness
70%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
68%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3845
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
11/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
8.69:1
Closest name
Salmon
ΔE2000 3.8
Chroma
46.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.741
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
red
500 · ΔE 14.5
Web-safe
#FF9966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue11° of 360°
Saturation82%
Lightness70%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f18b75.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool11% 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
Red49%
Green48%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#f18b75
HEX (8-digit)#f18b75ff
RGBrgb(241, 139, 117)
RGBArgba(241, 139, 117, 1)
HSLhsl(11, 82%, 70%)
HSV / HSBhsv(11, 51%, 95%)
HWBhwb(11 46% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 42%, 52%, 6%)
LABlab(68.3 36.6 28.6)
LCHlch(68.3 46.5 38.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.741 0.129 33.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(48.72, 38.46, 21.68)
Decimal15829877
Display P3color(display-p3 0.945 0.545 0.459)
Web-safe#FF9966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f18b75;
background-color: #f18b75;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f18b75;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f18b75] bg-[#f18b75]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f18b75;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.945, green: 0.545, blue: 0.459)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.945, green: 0.545, blue: 0.459, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F18B75</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF18B75)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF18B75)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(117, 139, 241)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(241, 139, 117)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(241, 139, 117)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 241, 139, 117)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9451f, 0.5451f, 0.4588f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{241,139,117}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f18b75 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f18b75 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#741E0C, #EED7D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f18b75 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: #FCF4F2;
  --brand-100: #F9E9E6;
  --brand-200: #F6CEC6;
  --brand-300: #F5A999;
  --brand-400: #f18b75;
  --brand-500: #EA5433;
  --brand-600: #DE3A17;
  --brand-700: #B93013;
  --brand-800: #94270F;
  --brand-900: #6B1F0F;
  --brand-950: #43140A;
  --brand: #f18b75;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF5F4;
  --brand-border: #EDC8C0;
  --brand-hover: #EE7055;
  --brand-pressed: #EA5434;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241714;
    --brand-ink: #EED7D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF4F2',
        100: '#F9E9E6',
        200: '#F6CEC6',
        300: '#F5A999',
        400: '#f18b75',
        500: '#EA5433',
        600: '#DE3A17',
        700: '#B93013',
        800: '#94270F',
        900: '#6B1F0F',
        950: '#43140A',
        DEFAULT: '#f18b75',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF4F2,
  '100': #F9E9E6,
  '200': #F6CEC6,
  '300': #F5A999,
  '400': #f18b75,
  '500': #EA5433,
  '600': #DE3A17,
  '700': #B93013,
  '800': #94270F,
  '900': #6B1F0F,
  '950': #43140A,
);
$brand-base: #f18b75;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF4F2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9E9E6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F6CEC6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F5A999", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#f18b75", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#EA5433", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#DE3A17", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B93013", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#94270F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6B1F0F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#43140A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f18b75 · 8.69:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.42:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.69:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f18b75 as text scores 2.42:1 on white and 8.69:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #741E0C at 4.49:1.

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
#DB3916 · 4.56:1
AA on white−23% L
#DB3916
The quick fox
#A32A11 · 7.25:1
AAA on white−35% L
#A32A11
The quick fox
#f18b75 · 8.69:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f18b75
The quick fox
#f18b75 · 8.69:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f18b75

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #ED6C50 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
#f18b75 on white: 2.42:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f18b75 on black: 8.69:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f18b75 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f18b75.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.42:1AaAa
Slate 502.31:1AaAa
Slate 1002.21:1AaAa
Slate 2001.96:1AaAa
Slate 3001.63:1AaAa
Slate 4001.06:1AaAa
Slate 5001.97:1AaAa
Slate 6003.14:1AaAa
Slate 7004.28:1AaAa
Slate 8006.05:1AaAa
Slate 9007.39:1AaAa
Black8.69:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #A49A73
deuteranopia · #BCAF74
tritanopia · #FF7B86

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. #f18b75 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.

#FCF4F2
#F9E9E6
#F6CEC6
#F5A999
#f18b75
#EA5433
#DE3A17
#B93013
#94270F
#6B1F0F
#43140A
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FCF4F2Darkest = 950 · #43140AText step on white = 700
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 0.032 33.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.052 33.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.077 33.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.101 33.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.119 33.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.129 33.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.129 33.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.121 33.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.108 33.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.090 33.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.071 33.1);
}

Colors that work with #f18b75

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#FAF5F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDC8C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B594B
Captions on the surface
Accent#0FBDB1
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#741E0C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDECE8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241714
Dark-mode background
Hover#EE7055
One step down in lightness
Pressed#EA5434
Two steps down
Disabled#EFE8E7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F99681
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 #f18b75

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 #741E0C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #ED6C50

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
  • Weight30/100
  • 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#75DBF1
Analogous left#F1759D
Analogous right#F1C975
Split-complement 1#75F1C9
Split-complement 2#759DF1
Triadic 1#75F18B
Triadic 2#8B75F1
Tetradic#9DF175
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°11°

#f18b75 sits at 11°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red94.5%
Green54.5%
Blue45.9%
R · 0–255
241
0xf1
G · 0–255
139
0x8b
B · 0–255
117
0x75

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta42.3%
Yellow51.5%
Key (black)5.5%

Total ink coverage is 99%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f18b75 text on a black background

contrast 8.69:1

Card sample

#f18b75 text on a white background

contrast 2.42:1

Card sample

#f18b75 on grey

2.21:1

#f18b75 on its own surface

2.24:1

#f18b75 on its dark surface

7.20:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f18b75;
Background color
Panel with #f18b75 background
background-color: #f18b75;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f18b75;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(241, 139, 117, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(241, 139, 117, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f18b75;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f18b75, #F1DE75);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f18b75, #E5F175);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f18b75;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f18b75;
caret-color: #f18b75;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f18b75;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDECE8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f18b75;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f18b75 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f18b75 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(241, 139, 117, 0.5)
rgb(241 139 117 / 50%)
#f18b7580
hsl(11 82% 70% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f18b75 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f18b751a#FEF3F1
20%#f18b7533#FCE8E3
40%#f18b7566#F9D1C8
60%#f18b7599#F7B9AC
80%#f18b75cc#F4A291

Gradients from #f18b75

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, #F7BAAD, #f18b75 45%, #741E0C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f18b75, #EEE359);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f18b75, #75DBF1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F9D1C8 0%, #f18b75 45%, #741E0C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF5F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F6A3C5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F4DC91 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #741E0C 0%, transparent 65%), #f18b75;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f18b75

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.

#f18b75 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 8.69:1.

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.

#f18b75, answered

What color is #f18b75?

#f18b75 is a light electric red, closest to Salmon (ΔE2000 3.8). It sits at 11° on the hue wheel with 82% saturation and 70% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f18b75?

rgb(241, 139, 117) — 241 red, 139 green and 117 blue out of 255, or 94.5% / 54.5% / 45.9% by channel.

What is #f18b75 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(11, 82%, 70%) and hsv(11, 51%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f18b75 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3845 and perceived brightness is 68%, so black text on it reaches 8.69:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f18b75?

Black. It scores 8.69:1 against #f18b75, versus 2.42:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f18b75 accessible on a white background?

#f18b75 on white scores 2.42:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #DB3916 to reach 4.5:1, or #A32A11 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f18b75?

#75DBF1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #75F1C9 and #759DF1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f18b75?

For interface work: #FAF5F4 as the surface, #EDC8C0 for borders, #9B594B for secondary text, #0FBDB1 as an accent and #741E0C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F1759D and #F1C975 stays calm, while #75DBF1 is the loudest partner.

What is #f18b75 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 42%, 52%, 6%). 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 #f18b75 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 11 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F19F75; nudged cooler, #F3738C.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f18b75?

The red family — its 500 step is #ef4444, ΔE2000 14.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f18b75 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f18b75 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f18b75] or text-[#f18b75], 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 #f18b75 with 50% opacity?

rgba(241, 139, 117, 0.5), or #f18b7580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F8C5BA; over black, #79463B.

Is #f18b75 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF9966, ΔE2000 9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f18b75 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 #f18b75?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F7BAAD, #f18b75 45%, #741E0C). For more colour, a short hue run to #EEE359 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f18b75 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f18b75 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.