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HEX atlas value

#FD7C6E

#FD7C6E is a warm red HEX color nearest Coral Reef. RGB 253, 124, 110, HSL 6° 97% 71%, luminance 0.3642; view contrast and conversions.

redwarmvibrant
#FD7C6E Sample readable text
HEX #FD7C6E
RGB rgb(253, 124, 110)
HSL hsl(6 97% 71%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 51, 57, 1)
Luminance 0.3642
Contrast Black 8.28:1White 2.54:1

CSS

--color-fd7c6e: #FD7C6E;
.background-fd7c6e { background-color: #FD7C6E; }
.text-fd7c6e { color: #FD7C6E; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FD7C6E

#FD7C6E is classified as a warm red value with vibrant visual character. #FD7C6E is visually closest to Coral Reef, a named red color with HEX #FD7C6E.

The RGB channels are 253, 124, and 110, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 6deg with 97% 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 0.3642, 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 text8.28:1AA Pass
White text2.54:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FD7C6E needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.28:1 · AAA
White text#FFFFFF2.54:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#6DEEFD#6DEEFD · #000000 text · best 15.3:1#FECDC8#FECDC8 · #000000 text · best 14.78:1#FDC36D#FDC36D · #000000 text · best 13.2:1#ED897E#ED897E · #000000 text · best 8.48:1Salmon#FA8072 · #000000 text · best 8.4:1

Generated Palette

Coral Reef#FD7C6E
#6DEEFD#6DEEFD
#FD6DA7#FD6DA7
#FDC36D#FDC36D
#FECDC8#FECDC8
#FB2A13#FB2A13

Color Harmonies

#6DEEFD#6DEEFD
#FD6DA7#FD6DA7
#FDC36D#FDC36D
#6DFD7C#6DFD7C
#7C6DFD#7C6DFD

Variants

#FECDC8#FECDC8
#FB2A13#FB2A13
#FF7A6B#FF7A6B
#ED897E#ED897E
#FDEEEC#FDEEEC
#FF9F94#FF9F94

Nearest Named Colors

Coral Reef#FD7C6E
Salmon#FA8072
Light Coral#F08080
Watermelon#FC6C85
Coral#FF7F50

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

Structured HEX color data for conversion, WCAG checks, CSS generation, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.3642
Black text8.28:1AA Pass
White text2.54:1AA 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
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
{"hex":"#FD7C6E","rgb":[253,124,110],"hsl":[6,97,71],"cmyk":[0,51,57,1],"luminance":0.3642,"contrast":{"black":8.28,"white":2.54}}
WCAG
{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}
Safe pairings
[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.28,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.54,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]
Accessible alternatives
[{"name":"#6DEEFD","hex":"#6DEEFD","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.3,"contrastWhite":1.37,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FECDC8","hex":"#FECDC8","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.78,"contrastWhite":1.42,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#FDC36D","hex":"#FDC36D","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.2,"contrastWhite":1.59,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#ED897E","hex":"#ED897E","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.48,"contrastWhite":2.48,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Salmon","hex":"#FA8072","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.4,"contrastWhite":2.5,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]
AI context
{"semanticGroups":["warm red","vibrant","vibrant red","Coral Reef 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/fd7c6e.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/coral-reef.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-coral.json"]}
Harmonies
{"complementary":"#6DEEFD","analogous":["#FD6DA7","#FDC36D"],"triadic":["#6DFD7C","#7C6DFD"],"tetradic":["#A7FD6D","#6DEEFD","#C36DFD"],"splitComplementary":["#6DFDC3","#6DA7FD"],"monochromatic":["#FECDC8","#FD7C6E","#FB2A13"]}
Variants
{"light":"#FECDC8","dark":"#FB2A13","saturated":"#FF7A6B","desaturated":"#ED897E","pastel":"#FDEEEC","neon":"#FF9F94"}
Nearest named colors
[{"slug":"coral-reef","name":"Coral Reef","hex":"#FD7C6E","distance":0},{"slug":"salmon","name":"Salmon","hex":"#FA8072","distance":6.4031242374328485},{"slug":"light-coral","name":"Light Coral","hex":"#F08080","distance":22.561028345356956},{"slug":"watermelon","name":"Watermelon","hex":"#FC6C85","distance":28.035691537752374},{"slug":"coral","name":"Coral","hex":"#FF7F50","distance":30.215889859476256}]
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