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#fd786c

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

Token name suggestion: Morning Ember

RGB
253, 120, 108
HSL
5°, 97%, 71%
CMYK
0, 53, 57, 1
Luminance
0.3540

#fd786c is a light electric red, 5° on the wheel and 14/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.08:1). As text it scores 2.60:1 on white — use #EB1703 instead. Nearest name is Salmon, nearest Tailwind family is red.

hsl(5 97% 71%)rgb(253 120 108)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fd786c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fd786c
Hue
red
Saturation
97%
electric
Lightness
71%
light
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
67%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3540
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
14/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
8.08:1
Closest name
Salmon
ΔE2000 1.7
Chroma
58.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.726
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
red
500 · ΔE 10.6
Web-safe
#FF6666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue5° of 360°
Saturation97%
Lightness71%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fd786c.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool14% 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%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#fd786c
HEX (8-digit)#fd786cff
RGBrgb(253, 120, 108)
RGBArgba(253, 120, 108, 1)
HSLhsl(5, 97%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(5, 57%, 99%)
HWBhwb(5 42% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 53%, 57%, 1%)
LABlab(66.1 49.7 30.9)
LCHlch(66.1 58.6 31.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.726 0.165 27.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(49.94, 35.40, 18.39)
Decimal16611436
Display P3color(display-p3 0.992 0.471 0.424)
Web-safe#FF6666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fd786c;
background-color: #fd786c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fd786c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fd786c] bg-[#fd786c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fd786c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.992, green: 0.471, blue: 0.424)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.992, green: 0.471, blue: 0.424, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FD786C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFD786C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFD786C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(108, 120, 253)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(253, 120, 108)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(253, 120, 108)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 253, 120, 108)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9922f, 0.4706f, 0.4235f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{253,120,108}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fd786c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fd786c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#7E0C02, #EED5D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fd786c 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: #FDF2F1;
  --brand-100: #FCE6E4;
  --brand-200: #FBC6C1;
  --brand-300: #FD9990;
  --brand-400: #fd786c;
  --brand-500: #FC3422;
  --brand-600: #F11703;
  --brand-700: #C91303;
  --brand-800: #A10F02;
  --brand-900: #741006;
  --brand-950: #480A04;
  --brand: #fd786c;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF5F4;
  --brand-border: #EDC4C0;
  --brand-hover: #FD5849;
  --brand-pressed: #FC3826;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241514;
    --brand-ink: #EED5D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF2F1',
        100: '#FCE6E4',
        200: '#FBC6C1',
        300: '#FD9990',
        400: '#fd786c',
        500: '#FC3422',
        600: '#F11703',
        700: '#C91303',
        800: '#A10F02',
        900: '#741006',
        950: '#480A04',
        DEFAULT: '#fd786c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF2F1,
  '100': #FCE6E4,
  '200': #FBC6C1,
  '300': #FD9990,
  '400': #fd786c,
  '500': #FC3422,
  '600': #F11703,
  '700': #C91303,
  '800': #A10F02,
  '900': #741006,
  '950': #480A04,
);
$brand-base: #fd786c;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF2F1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FCE6E4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#FBC6C1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FD9990", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#fd786c", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#FC3422", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#F11703", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C91303", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#A10F02", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#741006", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#480A04", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #fd786c · 8.08:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.60:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.08:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #fd786c as text scores 2.60:1 on white and 8.08:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #7E0C02 at 4.16:1.

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
#EB1703 · 4.51:1
AA on white−24% L
#EB1703
The quick fox
#AF1102 · 7.23:1
AAA on white−36% L
#AF1102
The quick fox
#fd786c · 8.08:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fd786c
The quick fox
#fd786c · 8.08:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#fd786c

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #FD6153 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
#fd786c on white: 2.60:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fd786c on black: 8.08:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fd786c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fd786c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.60:1AaAa
Slate 502.48:1AaAa
Slate 1002.37:1AaAa
Slate 2002.11:1AaAa
Slate 3001.75:1AaAa
Slate 4001.01:1AaAa
Slate 5001.83:1AaAa
Slate 6002.92:1AaAa
Slate 7003.98:1AaAa
Slate 8005.63:1AaAa
Slate 9006.87:1AaAa
Black8.08:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #998F6A
deuteranopia · #BAAB69
tritanopia · #FF6176

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. #fd786c 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.

#FDF2F1
#FCE6E4
#FBC6C1
#FD9990
#fd786c
#FC3422
#F11703
#C91303
#A10F02
#741006
#480A04
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FDF2F1Darkest = 950 · #480A04Text 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 0.041 27.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.066 27.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.099 27.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.128 27.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.152 27.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.165 27.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.165 27.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.155 27.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.138 27.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.115 27.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.091 27.1);
}

Colors that work with #fd786c

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#EDC4C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B514B
Captions on the surface
Accent#00CCAA
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#7E0C02
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FFE8E6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241514
Dark-mode background
Hover#FD5849
One step down in lightness
Pressed#FC3826
Two steps down
Disabled#F1E9E9
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FF897E
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

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #fd786c

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 #7E0C02
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #FD6153

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
  • Weight29/100
  • 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#6CF1FD
Analogous left#FD6CA8
Analogous right#FDC16C
Split-complement 1#6CFDC1
Split-complement 2#6CA8FD
Triadic 1#6CFD78
Triadic 2#786CFD
Tetradic#A8FD6C
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°5°

#fd786c sits at 5°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red99.2%
Green47.1%
Blue42.4%
R · 0–255
253
0xfd
G · 0–255
120
0x78
B · 0–255
108
0x6c

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta52.6%
Yellow57.3%
Key (black)0.8%

Total ink coverage is 111%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#fd786c text on a black background

contrast 8.08:1

Card sample

#fd786c text on a white background

contrast 2.60:1

Card sample

#fd786c on grey

2.37:1

#fd786c on its own surface

2.41:1

#fd786c on its dark surface

6.78:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fd786c;
Background color
Panel with #fd786c background
background-color: #fd786c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fd786c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(253, 120, 108, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(253, 120, 108, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fd786c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fd786c, #FDD96C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fd786c, #FDFD6C);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fd786c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fd786c;
caret-color: #fd786c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fd786c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FFE8E6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fd786c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fd786c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fd786c 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(253, 120, 108, 0.5)
rgb(253 120 108 / 50%)
#fd786c80
hsl(5 97% 71% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fd786c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fd786c1a#FFF2F0
20%#fd786c33#FFE4E2
40%#fd786c66#FEC9C4
60%#fd786c99#FEAEA7
80%#fd786ccc#FD9389

Gradients from #fd786c

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, #FEB0A8, #fd786c 45%, #7E0C02);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fd786c, #FDDF4E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fd786c, #6CF1FD);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FECBC7 0%, #fd786c 45%, #7E0C02 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%, #FE9ECE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FDD78A 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #7E0C02 0%, transparent 65%), #fd786c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fd786c

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.

#fd786c 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 8.08:1.

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.

#fd786c, answered

What color is #fd786c?

#fd786c is a light electric red, closest to Salmon (ΔE2000 1.7). It sits at 5° on the hue wheel with 97% saturation and 71% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fd786c?

rgb(253, 120, 108) — 253 red, 120 green and 108 blue out of 255, or 99.2% / 47.1% / 42.4% by channel.

What is #fd786c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(5, 97%, 71%) and hsv(5, 57%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fd786c a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3540 and perceived brightness is 67%, so black text on it reaches 8.08:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fd786c?

Black. It scores 8.08:1 against #fd786c, versus 2.60:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #fd786c accessible on a white background?

#fd786c on white scores 2.60:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #EB1703 to reach 4.5:1, or #AF1102 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fd786c?

#6CF1FD sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #6CFDC1 and #6CA8FD, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fd786c?

For interface work: #FAF5F4 as the surface, #EDC4C0 for borders, #9B514B for secondary text, #00CCAA as an accent and #7E0C02 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FD6CA8 and #FDC16C stays calm, while #6CF1FD is the loudest partner.

What is #fd786c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 53%, 57%, 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 #fd786c warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 14 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FD976C; nudged cooler, #FE6B94.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fd786c?

The red family — its 500 step is #ef4444, ΔE2000 10.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fd786c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fd786c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fd786c] or text-[#fd786c], 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 #fd786c with 50% opacity?

rgba(253, 120, 108, 0.5), or #fd786c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FEBCB6; over black, #7F3C36.

Is #fd786c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF6666, ΔE2000 4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #fd786c 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 #fd786c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEB0A8, #fd786c 45%, #7E0C02). For more colour, a short hue run to #FDDF4E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fd786c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fd786c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.