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#ff7f71

a light, electric red · warm · “Salmon”

Token name suggestion: Linen Cherry

RGB
255, 127, 113
HSL
6°, 100%, 72%
CMYK
0, 50, 56, 0
Luminance
0.3763

#ff7f71 is a light electric red, 6° on the wheel and 13/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.53:1). As text it scores 2.46:1 on white — use #E71700 instead. Nearest name is Salmon, nearest Tailwind family is red.

hsl(6 100% 72%)rgb(255 127 113)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #ff7f71 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#ff7f71
Hue
red
Saturation
100%
electric
Lightness
72%
light
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
68%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3763
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
13/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
8.53:1
Closest name
Salmon
ΔE2000 0.8
Chroma
56.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.740
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
red
500 · ΔE 12.1
Web-safe
#FF6666
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue6° of 360°
Saturation100%
Lightness72%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #ff7f71.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool13% 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
Red56%
Green40%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#ff7f71
HEX (8-digit)#ff7f71ff
RGBrgb(255, 127, 113)
RGBArgba(255, 127, 113, 1)
HSLhsl(6, 100%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(6, 56%, 100%)
HWBhwb(6 44% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 50%, 56%, 0%)
LABlab(67.8 47.5 30.4)
LCHlch(67.8 56.4 32.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.740 0.159 27.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(51.81, 37.64, 20.16)
Decimal16744305
Display P3color(display-p3 1.000 0.498 0.443)
Web-safe#FF6666

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #ff7f71;
background-color: #ff7f71;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #ff7f71;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ff7f71] bg-[#ff7f71]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ff7f71;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.498, blue: 0.443)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 1.000, green: 0.498, blue: 0.443, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FF7F71</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFF7F71)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFF7F71)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(113, 127, 255)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(255, 127, 113)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(255, 127, 113)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 127, 113)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(1.0000f, 0.4980f, 0.4431f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{255,127,113}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #ff7f71 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #ff7f71 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#800D00, #EED5D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #ff7f71 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: #FEF2F1;
  --brand-100: #FCE6E3;
  --brand-200: #FCC6C0;
  --brand-300: #FF9A8F;
  --brand-400: #ff7f71;
  --brand-500: #FF351F;
  --brand-600: #F51800;
  --brand-700: #CC1400;
  --brand-800: #A31000;
  --brand-900: #761005;
  --brand-950: #490A03;
  --brand: #ff7f71;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF5F4;
  --brand-border: #EDC4C0;
  --brand-hover: #FF5F4E;
  --brand-pressed: #FF3F2A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241514;
    --brand-ink: #EED5D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FEF2F1',
        100: '#FCE6E3',
        200: '#FCC6C0',
        300: '#FF9A8F',
        400: '#ff7f71',
        500: '#FF351F',
        600: '#F51800',
        700: '#CC1400',
        800: '#A31000',
        900: '#761005',
        950: '#490A03',
        DEFAULT: '#ff7f71',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FEF2F1,
  '100': #FCE6E3,
  '200': #FCC6C0,
  '300': #FF9A8F,
  '400': #ff7f71,
  '500': #FF351F,
  '600': #F51800,
  '700': #CC1400,
  '800': #A31000,
  '900': #761005,
  '950': #490A03,
);
$brand-base: #ff7f71;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FEF2F1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FCE6E3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#FCC6C0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FF9A8F", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#ff7f71", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#FF351F", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#F51800", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#CC1400", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#A31000", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#761005", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#490A03", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #ff7f71 · 8.53:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.46:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.53:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #ff7f71 as text scores 2.46:1 on white and 8.53:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #800D00 at 4.32:1.

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
#E71700 · 4.65:1
AA on white−27% L
#E71700
The quick fox
#AE1100 · 7.29:1
AAA on white−38% L
#AE1100
The quick fox
#ff7f71 · 8.53:1
AA on blackalready passes
#ff7f71
The quick fox
#ff7f71 · 8.53:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#ff7f71

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #FF5F4E 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
#ff7f71 on white: 2.46:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ff7f71 on black: 8.53:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #ff7f71 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #ff7f71.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.46:1AaAa
Slate 502.35:1AaAa
Slate 1002.25:1AaAa
Slate 2002.00:1AaAa
Slate 3001.66:1AaAa
Slate 4001.04:1AaAa
Slate 5001.93:1AaAa
Slate 6003.08:1AaAa
Slate 7004.20:1AaAa
Slate 8005.94:1AaAa
Slate 9007.25:1AaAa
Black8.53:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #9E946F
deuteranopia · #BEAF6E
tritanopia · #FF6A7C

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. #ff7f71 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.

#FEF2F1
#FCE6E3
#FCC6C0
#FF9A8F
#ff7f71
#FF351F
#F51800
#CC1400
#A31000
#761005
#490A03
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FEF2F1Darkest = 950 · #490A03Text 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 0.040 27.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.063 27.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.095 27.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.124 27.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.146 27.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.159 27.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.159 27.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.149 27.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.133 27.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.111 27.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.087 27.9);
}

Colors that work with #ff7f71

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#9B524B
Captions on the surface
Accent#00CCAC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#800D00
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FFE8E5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241514
Dark-mode background
Hover#FF5F4E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#FF3F2A
Two steps down
Disabled#F3EEED
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FF9286
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 #ff7f71

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 #800D00
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #FF5F4E

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
  • Weight28/100
  • 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#71F1FF
Analogous left#FF71AA
Analogous right#FFC671
Split-complement 1#71FFC6
Split-complement 2#71AAFF
Triadic 1#71FF7F
Triadic 2#7F71FF
Tetradic#AAFF71
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°6°

#ff7f71 sits at 6°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red100.0%
Green49.8%
Blue44.3%
R · 0–255
255
0xff
G · 0–255
127
0x7f
B · 0–255
113
0x71

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta50.2%
Yellow55.7%
Key (black)0.0%

Total ink coverage is 106%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#ff7f71 text on a black background

contrast 8.53:1

Card sample

#ff7f71 text on a white background

contrast 2.46:1

Card sample

#ff7f71 on grey

2.25:1

#ff7f71 on its own surface

2.28:1

#ff7f71 on its dark surface

7.15:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ff7f71;
Background color
Panel with #ff7f71 background
background-color: #ff7f71;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ff7f71;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 127, 113, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 127, 113, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ff7f71;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff7f71, #FFDE71);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ff7f71, #FDFF71);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #ff7f71;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #ff7f71;
caret-color: #ff7f71;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #ff7f71;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FFE8E5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #ff7f71;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#ff7f71 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #ff7f71 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(255, 127, 113, 0.5)
rgb(255 127 113 / 50%)
#ff7f7180
hsl(6 100% 72% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #ff7f71 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#ff7f711a#FFF2F1
20%#ff7f7133#FFE5E3
40%#ff7f7166#FFCCC6
60%#ff7f7199#FFB2AA
80%#ff7f71cc#FF998D

Gradients from #ff7f71

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, #FFB6AE, #ff7f71 45%, #800D00);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #ff7f71, #FFE553);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #ff7f71, #71F1FF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FFD2CD 0%, #ff7f71 45%, #800D00 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%, #FFA4D0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FFDC90 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #800D00 0%, transparent 65%), #ff7f71;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ff7f71

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.

#ff7f71 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 8.53:1.

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.

#ff7f71, answered

What color is #ff7f71?

#ff7f71 is a light electric red — the CSS keyword Salmon. It sits at 6° on the hue wheel with 100% saturation and 72% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #ff7f71?

rgb(255, 127, 113) — 255 red, 127 green and 113 blue out of 255, or 100% / 49.8% / 44.3% by channel.

What is #ff7f71 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(6, 100%, 72%) and hsv(6, 56%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #ff7f71 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3763 and perceived brightness is 68%, so black text on it reaches 8.53:1.

Should I use black or white text on #ff7f71?

Black. It scores 8.53:1 against #ff7f71, versus 2.46:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #ff7f71 accessible on a white background?

#ff7f71 on white scores 2.46:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #E71700 to reach 4.5:1, or #AE1100 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #ff7f71?

#71F1FF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #71FFC6 and #71AAFF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #ff7f71?

For interface work: #FAF5F4 as the surface, #EDC4C0 for borders, #9B524B for secondary text, #00CCAC as an accent and #800D00 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FF71AA and #FFC671 stays calm, while #71F1FF is the loudest partner.

What is #ff7f71 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 50%, 56%, 0%). 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 #ff7f71 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 13 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FF9C71; nudged cooler, #FF7197.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #ff7f71?

The red family — its 500 step is #ef4444, ΔE2000 12.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #ff7f71 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #ff7f71 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#ff7f71] or text-[#ff7f71], 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 #ff7f71 with 50% opacity?

rgba(255, 127, 113, 0.5), or #ff7f7180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FFBFB8; over black, #804039.

Is #ff7f71 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF6666, ΔE2000 5.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #ff7f71 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 #ff7f71?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FFB6AE, #ff7f71 45%, #800D00). For more colour, a short hue run to #FFE553 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #ff7f71 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #ff7f71 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.