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#f03460

a balanced, electric red · warm · closest name: Indian Red

Token name suggestion: True Ember

RGB
240, 52, 96
HSL
346°, 86%, 57%
CMYK
0, 78, 60, 6
Luminance
0.2183

#f03460 is a balanced electric red, 346° on the wheel and 24/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.37:1). As text it scores 3.91:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Indian Red, nearest Tailwind family is rose.

hsl(346 86% 57%)rgb(240 52 96)Base step 500AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f03460 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f03460
Hue
346°
red
Saturation
86%
electric
Lightness
57%
balanced
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
55%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2183
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
24/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
5.37:1
Closest name
Indian Red
ΔE2000 8.4
Chroma
74.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.630
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
rose
500 · ΔE 2.7
Web-safe
#FF3366
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue346° of 360°
Saturation86%
Lightness57%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f03460.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool24% 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
Red85%
Green11%
Blue4%

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

Every format

HEX#f03460
HEX (8-digit)#f03460ff
RGBrgb(240, 52, 96)
RGBArgba(240, 52, 96, 1)
HSLhsl(346, 86%, 57%)
HSV / HSBhsv(346, 78%, 94%)
HWBhwb(346 20% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 78%, 60%, 6%)
LABlab(53.9 71.4 21.4)
LCHlch(53.9 74.5 16.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.630 0.221 13.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(39.28, 21.83, 13.21)
Decimal15742048
Display P3color(display-p3 0.941 0.204 0.376)
Web-safe#FF3366

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f03460;
background-color: #f03460;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f03460;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f03460] bg-[#f03460]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f03460;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.941, green: 0.204, blue: 0.376)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.941, green: 0.204, blue: 0.376, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F03460</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF03460)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF03460)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(96, 52, 240)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(240, 52, 96)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(240, 52, 96)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 240, 52, 96)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9412f, 0.2039f, 0.3765f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{240,52,96}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f03460 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f03460 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#770922, #EED3D9);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f03460 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: #FDF2F5;
  --brand-100: #FAE5EA;
  --brand-200: #F7C5D0;
  --brand-300: #F797AD;
  --brand-400: #F36284;
  --brand-500: #f03460;
  --brand-600: #E41142;
  --brand-700: #BE0E37;
  --brand-800: #980B2C;
  --brand-900: #6E0D23;
  --brand-950: #450816;
  --brand: #f03460;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F6;
  --brand-border: #EDC0CA;
  --brand-hover: #EE1346;
  --brand-pressed: #CE0F3C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241418;
    --brand-ink: #EED3D9;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF2F5',
        100: '#FAE5EA',
        200: '#F7C5D0',
        300: '#F797AD',
        400: '#F36284',
        500: '#f03460',
        600: '#E41142',
        700: '#BE0E37',
        800: '#980B2C',
        900: '#6E0D23',
        950: '#450816',
        DEFAULT: '#f03460',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF2F5,
  '100': #FAE5EA,
  '200': #F7C5D0,
  '300': #F797AD,
  '400': #F36284,
  '500': #f03460,
  '600': #E41142,
  '700': #BE0E37,
  '800': #980B2C,
  '900': #6E0D23,
  '950': #450816,
);
$brand-base: #f03460;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF2F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAE5EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F7C5D0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F797AD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F36284", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#f03460", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E41142", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#BE0E37", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#980B2C", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6E0D23", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#450816", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #f03460 · 5.37:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.91:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.37:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #f03460 as text scores 3.91:1 on white and 5.37:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #770922 at 2.91:1.

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
#EA1144 · 4.50:1
AA on white−8% L
#EA1144
The quick fox
#B10D33 · 7.06:1
AAA on white−20% L
#B10D33
The quick fox
#f03460 · 5.37:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f03460
The quick fox
#F46889 · 7.19:1
AAA on black+11% L
#F46889

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F03460 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
#f03460 on white: 3.91:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f03460 on black: 5.37:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f03460 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f03460.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.91:1AaAa
Slate 503.74:1AaAa
Slate 1003.57:1AaAa
Slate 2003.18:1AaAa
Slate 3002.64:1AaAa
Slate 4001.53:1AaAa
Slate 5001.22:1AaAa
Slate 6001.94:1AaAa
Slate 7002.65:1AaAa
Slate 8003.74:1AaAa
Slate 9004.56:1AaAa
Black5.37:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #6A6860
deuteranopia · #9A8F5B
tritanopia · #FF0047

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. #f03460 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDF2F5
#FAE5EA
#F7C5D0
#F797AD
#F36284
#f03460
#E41142
#BE0E37
#980B2C
#6E0D23
#450816
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #FDF2F5Darkest = 950 · #450816Text 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 0.055 13.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.088 13.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.133 13.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.172 13.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.203 13.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.221 13.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.221 13.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.208 13.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.186 13.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.155 13.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.122 13.7);
}

Colors that work with #f03460

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#FAF4F6
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0CA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B5D
Captions on the surface
Accent#0AC269
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#770922
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDE7EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241418
Dark-mode background
Hover#EE1346
One step down in lightness
Pressed#CE0F3C
Two steps down
Disabled#D6BFC4
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FB3D6A
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
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #f03460

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

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • 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
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #770922
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

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 mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

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
  • Weight43/100
  • 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#34F0C4
Analogous left#F034BE
Analogous right#F06634
Split-complement 1#34F066
Split-complement 2#34BEF0
Triadic 1#60F034
Triadic 2#3460F0
Tetradic#BEF034
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°346°

#f03460 sits at 346°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red94.1%
Green20.4%
Blue37.6%
R · 0–255
240
0xf0
G · 0–255
52
0x34
B · 0–255
96
0x60

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta78.3%
Yellow60.0%
Key (black)5.9%

Total ink coverage is 144%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f03460 text on a black background

contrast 5.37:1

Card sample

#f03460 text on a white background

contrast 3.91:1

Card sample

#f03460 on grey

3.57:1

#f03460 on its own surface

3.60:1

#f03460 on its dark surface

4.52:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f03460;
Background color
Panel with #f03460 background
background-color: #f03460;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f03460;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(240, 52, 96, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(240, 52, 96, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f03460;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f03460, #F08634);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f03460, #F0B534);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f03460;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f03460;
caret-color: #f03460;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f03460;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDE7EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f03460;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f03460 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f03460 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(240, 52, 96, 0.5)
rgb(240 52 96 / 50%)
#f0346080
hsl(346 86% 57% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f03460 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f034601a#FEEBEF
20%#f0346033#FCD6DF
40%#f0346066#F9AEBF
60%#f0346099#F685A0
80%#f03460cc#F35D80

Gradients from #f03460

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, #F46D8D, #f03460 45%, #770922);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f03460, #EE8618);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f03460, #34F0C4);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F68AA3 0%, #f03460 45%, #770922 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F364D9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #F28951 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #770922 0%, transparent 65%), #f03460;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f03460

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.

#f03460 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
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
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 5.37:1.

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.

#f03460, answered

What color is #f03460?

#f03460 is a balanced electric red, closest to Indian Red (ΔE2000 8.4). It sits at 346° on the hue wheel with 86% saturation and 57% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #f03460?

rgb(240, 52, 96) — 240 red, 52 green and 96 blue out of 255, or 94.1% / 20.4% / 37.6% by channel.

What is #f03460 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(346, 86%, 57%) and hsv(346, 78%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f03460 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2183 and perceived brightness is 55%, so black text on it reaches 5.37:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f03460?

Black. It scores 5.37:1 against #f03460, versus 3.91:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #f03460 accessible on a white background?

#f03460 on white scores 3.91:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #EA1144 to reach 4.5:1, or #B10D33 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f03460?

#34F0C4 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #34F066 and #34BEF0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f03460?

For interface work: #FAF4F6 as the surface, #EDC0CA for borders, #9B4B5D for secondary text, #0AC269 as an accent and #770922 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F034BE and #F06634 stays calm, while #34F0C4 is the loudest partner.

What is #f03460 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 78%, 60%, 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 #f03460 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 24 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F04D34; nudged cooler, #F232A5.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f03460?

The rose family — its 500 step is #f43f5e, ΔE2000 2.7 away. That is close enough to swap in without anyone noticing.

How do I use #f03460 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f03460] or text-[#f03460], 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 #f03460 with 50% opacity?

rgba(240, 52, 96, 0.5), or #f0346080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F89AB0; over black, #781A30.

Is #f03460 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF3366, ΔE2000 2.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f03460 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 #f03460?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F46D8D, #f03460 45%, #770922). For more colour, a short hue run to #EE8618 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f03460 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f03460 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.