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#fc6d52

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

Token name suggestion: Drift Cardinal

RGB
252, 109, 82
HSL
10°, 97%, 66%
CMYK
0, 57, 68, 1
Luminance
0.3224

#fc6d52 is a light electric red, 10° on the wheel and 11/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.45:1). As text it scores 2.82:1 on white — use #E42704 instead. Nearest name is Tomato, nearest Tailwind family is red.

hsl(10 97% 66%)rgb(252 109 82)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fc6d52 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fc6d52
Hue
10°
red
Saturation
97%
electric
Lightness
66%
light
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
64%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3224
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
11/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
7.45:1
Closest name
Tomato
ΔE2000 2
Chroma
67.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.706
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
red
500 · ΔE 9.3
Web-safe
#FF6666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue10° of 360°
Saturation97%
Lightness66%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fc6d52.

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
Red64%
Green34%
Blue2%

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

Every format

HEX#fc6d52
HEX (8-digit)#fc6d52ff
RGBrgb(252, 109, 82)
RGBArgba(252, 109, 82, 1)
HSLhsl(10, 97%, 66%)
HSV / HSBhsv(10, 67%, 99%)
HWBhwb(10 32% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 57%, 68%, 1%)
LABlab(63.5 52.9 42.0)
LCHlch(63.5 67.5 38.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.706 0.180 32.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(47.14, 32.25, 11.72)
Decimal16543058
Display P3color(display-p3 0.988 0.427 0.322)
Web-safe#FF6666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fc6d52;
background-color: #fc6d52;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fc6d52;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fc6d52] bg-[#fc6d52]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fc6d52;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.988, green: 0.427, blue: 0.322)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.988, green: 0.427, blue: 0.322, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FC6D52</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFC6D52)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFC6D52)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(82, 109, 252)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(252, 109, 82)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(252, 109, 82)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 252, 109, 82)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9882f, 0.4275f, 0.3216f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{252,109,82}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fc6d52 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fc6d52 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7D1602, #EED7D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fc6d52 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: #FDF3F1;
  --brand-100: #FCE7E4;
  --brand-200: #FBCAC1;
  --brand-300: #FDA291;
  --brand-400: #fc6d52;
  --brand-500: #FB4522;
  --brand-600: #F12A04;
  --brand-700: #C92303;
  --brand-800: #A01C03;
  --brand-900: #741807;
  --brand-950: #480F04;
  --brand: #fc6d52;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF5F4;
  --brand-border: #EDC7C0;
  --brand-hover: #FB4F2F;
  --brand-pressed: #FB320C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241614;
    --brand-ink: #EED7D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF3F1',
        100: '#FCE7E4',
        200: '#FBCAC1',
        300: '#FDA291',
        400: '#fc6d52',
        500: '#FB4522',
        600: '#F12A04',
        700: '#C92303',
        800: '#A01C03',
        900: '#741807',
        950: '#480F04',
        DEFAULT: '#fc6d52',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF3F1,
  '100': #FCE7E4,
  '200': #FBCAC1,
  '300': #FDA291,
  '400': #fc6d52,
  '500': #FB4522,
  '600': #F12A04,
  '700': #C92303,
  '800': #A01C03,
  '900': #741807,
  '950': #480F04,
);
$brand-base: #fc6d52;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF3F1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FCE7E4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#FBCAC1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FDA291", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#fc6d52", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#FB4522", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#F12A04", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C92303", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#A01C03", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#741807", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#480F04", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #fc6d52 · 7.45:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.82:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.45:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #fc6d52 as text scores 2.82:1 on white and 7.45:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7D1602 at 3.75:1.

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
#E42704 · 4.57:1
AA on white−20% L
#E42704
The quick fox
#AD1E03 · 7.09:1
AAA on white−31% L
#AD1E03
The quick fox
#fc6d52 · 7.45:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fc6d52
The quick fox
#fc6d52 · 7.45:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#fc6d52

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #FC6043 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
#fc6d52 on white: 2.82:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fc6d52 on black: 7.45:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fc6d52 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fc6d52.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.82:1AaAa
Slate 502.69:1AaAa
Slate 1002.57:1AaAa
Slate 2002.29:1AaAa
Slate 3001.90:1AaAa
Slate 4001.10:1AaAa
Slate 5001.69:1AaAa
Slate 6002.69:1AaAa
Slate 7003.67:1AaAa
Slate 8005.19:1AaAa
Slate 9006.33:1AaAa
Black7.45:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #93864F
deuteranopia · #B6A64E
tritanopia · #FF4F67

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. #fc6d52 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.

#FDF3F1
#FCE7E4
#FBCAC1
#FDA291
#fc6d52
#FB4522
#F12A04
#C92303
#A01C03
#741807
#480F04
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FDF3F1Darkest = 950 · #480F04Text 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 0.045 32.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.072 32.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.108 32.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.141 32.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.166 32.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.180 32.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.180 32.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.170 32.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.152 32.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.126 32.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.099 32.5);
}

Colors that work with #fc6d52

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#EDC7C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B574B
Captions on the surface
Accent#00CCB9
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7D1602
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FFEAE6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241614
Dark-mode background
Hover#FB4F2F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#FB320C
Two steps down
Disabled#E6DAD8
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FF7C63
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 #fc6d52

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 #7D1602
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #FC6043

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
  • Weight35/100
  • 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#52E1FC
Analogous left#FC528C
Analogous right#FCC252
Split-complement 1#52FCC2
Split-complement 2#528CFC
Triadic 1#52FC6D
Triadic 2#6D52FC
Tetradic#8CFC52
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°10°

#fc6d52 sits at 10°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red98.8%
Green42.7%
Blue32.2%
R · 0–255
252
0xfc
G · 0–255
109
0x6d
B · 0–255
82
0x52

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta56.7%
Yellow67.5%
Key (black)1.2%

Total ink coverage is 125%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#fc6d52 text on a black background

contrast 7.45:1

Card sample

#fc6d52 text on a white background

contrast 2.82:1

Card sample

#fc6d52 on grey

2.57:1

#fc6d52 on its own surface

2.61:1

#fc6d52 on its dark surface

6.21:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fc6d52;
Background color
Panel with #fc6d52 background
background-color: #fc6d52;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fc6d52;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(252, 109, 82, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(252, 109, 82, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fc6d52;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fc6d52, #FCDE52);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fc6d52, #EFFC52);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fc6d52;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fc6d52;
caret-color: #fc6d52;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fc6d52;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FFEAE6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fc6d52;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fc6d52 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fc6d52 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(252, 109, 82, 0.5)
rgb(252 109 82 / 50%)
#fc6d5280
hsl(10 97% 66% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fc6d52 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fc6d521a#FFF0EE
20%#fc6d5233#FEE2DC
40%#fc6d5266#FEC5BA
60%#fc6d5299#FDA797
80%#fc6d52cc#FD8A75

Gradients from #fc6d52

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, #FDA08E, #fc6d52 45%, #7D1602);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fc6d52, #FBE934);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fc6d52, #52E1FC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FEB9AC 0%, #fc6d52 45%, #7D1602 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%, #FD84B7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FDD870 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7D1602 0%, transparent 65%), #fc6d52;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fc6d52

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.

#fc6d52 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 7.45:1.

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.

#fc6d52, answered

What color is #fc6d52?

#fc6d52 is a light electric red, closest to Tomato (ΔE2000 2). It sits at 10° on the hue wheel with 97% saturation and 66% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fc6d52?

rgb(252, 109, 82) — 252 red, 109 green and 82 blue out of 255, or 98.8% / 42.7% / 32.2% by channel.

What is #fc6d52 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(10, 97%, 66%) and hsv(10, 67%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fc6d52 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3224 and perceived brightness is 64%, so black text on it reaches 7.45:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fc6d52?

Black. It scores 7.45:1 against #fc6d52, versus 2.82:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #fc6d52 accessible on a white background?

#fc6d52 on white scores 2.82:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #E42704 to reach 4.5:1, or #AD1E03 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fc6d52?

#52E1FC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #52FCC2 and #528CFC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fc6d52?

For interface work: #FAF5F4 as the surface, #EDC7C0 for borders, #9B574B for secondary text, #00CCB9 as an accent and #7D1602 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FC528C and #FCC252 stays calm, while #52E1FC is the loudest partner.

What is #fc6d52 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 57%, 68%, 1%). 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 #fc6d52 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 #FC8752; nudged cooler, #FE5074.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fc6d52?

The red family — its 500 step is #ef4444, ΔE2000 9.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fc6d52 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fc6d52 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fc6d52] or text-[#fc6d52], 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 #fc6d52 with 50% opacity?

rgba(252, 109, 82, 0.5), or #fc6d5280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FEB6A9; over black, #7E3729.

Is #fc6d52 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF6666, ΔE2000 7.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #fc6d52 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 #fc6d52?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FDA08E, #fc6d52 45%, #7D1602). For more colour, a short hue run to #FBE934 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fc6d52 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fc6d52 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.