HEX atlas value

#FC6C85

#FC6C85 is a warm red HEX color nearest Watermelon. RGB 252, 108, 133, HSL 350° 96% 71%, luminance 0.3311; view contrast and conversions.

red warm vibrant

#FC6C85 Sample readable text

HEX #FC6C85

RGB rgb(252, 108, 133)

HSL hsl(350 96% 71%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 57, 47, 1)

Luminance 0.3311

Contrast Black 7.62:1White 2.76:1

CSS

--color-fc6c85: #FC6C85;
.background-fc6c85 { background-color: #FC6C85; }
.text-fc6c85 { color: #FC6C85; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FC6C85

#FC6C85 is classified as a warm red value with vibrant visual character. #FC6C85 is visually closest to Watermelon, a named red color with HEX #FC6C85.

The RGB channels are 252, 108, and 133, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 350deg with 96% saturation and 71% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.3311, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text7.62:1AA Pass

White text2.76:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FC6C85 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000007.62:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.76:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#6EFCE4#6EFCE4 · #000000 text · best 16.71:1 #FEC8D1#FEC8D1 · #000000 text · best 14.4:1 #FC9D6E#FC9D6E · #000000 text · best 10.19:1 Salmon#FA8072 · #000000 text · best 8.4:1 Coral Reef#FD7C6E · #000000 text · best 8.28:1

Generated Palette

Watermelon#FC6C85

#6EFCE4#6EFCE4

#FC6ECD#FC6ECD

#FC9D6E#FC9D6E

#FEC8D1#FEC8D1

#FA143A#FA143A

Color Harmonies

#6EFCE4#6EFCE4

#FC6ECD#FC6ECD

#FC9D6E#FC9D6E

#86FC6E#86FC6E

#6E86FC#6E86FC

Variants

#FEC8D1#FEC8D1

#FA143A#FA143A

#FF6B84#FF6B84

#EC7E91#EC7E91

#FDEDEF#FDEDEF

#FF94A6#FF94A6

Nearest Named Colors

Watermelon#FC6C85

Strawberry#FC5A8D

Light Coral#F08080

Salmon#FA8072

Coral Reef#FD7C6E

Luminance0.3311

Black text7.62:1AA Pass

White text2.76:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#FC6C85","rgb":[252,108,133],"hsl":[350,96,71],"cmyk":[0,57,47,1],"luminance":0.3311,"contrast":{"black":7.62,"white":2.76}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":7.62,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.76,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#6EFCE4","hex":"#6EFCE4","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.71,"contrastWhite":1.26,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FEC8D1","hex":"#FEC8D1","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.4,"contrastWhite":1.46,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#FC9D6E","hex":"#FC9D6E","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.19,"contrastWhite":2.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Salmon","hex":"#FA8072","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.4,"contrastWhite":2.5,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"Coral Reef","hex":"#FD7C6E","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.28,"contrastWhite":2.54,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","vibrant","vibrant red","Watermelon adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/fc6c85.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/watermelon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/strawberry.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-coral.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#6EFCE4","analogous":["#FC6ECD","#FC9D6E"],"triadic":["#86FC6E","#6E86FC"],"tetradic":["#CDFC6E","#6EFCE4","#9D6EFC"],"splitComplementary":["#6EFC9D","#6ECDFC"],"monochromatic":["#FEC8D1","#FC6C85","#FA143A"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FEC8D1","dark":"#FA143A","saturated":"#FF6B84","desaturated":"#EC7E91","pastel":"#FDEDEF","neon":"#FF94A6"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"watermelon","name":"Watermelon","hex":"#FC6C85","distance":0},{"slug":"strawberry","name":"Strawberry","hex":"#FC5A8D","distance":19.697715603592208},{"slug":"light-coral","name":"Light Coral","hex":"#F08080","distance":23.853720883753127},{"slug":"salmon","name":"Salmon","hex":"#FA8072","distance":27.65863337187866},{"slug":"coral-reef","name":"Coral Reef","hex":"#FD7C6E","distance":28.035691537752374}]

#FC6C85

CSS

About #FC6C85

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

Related HEX Guides