#F6685ACamellia (#F6685A) is a light, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 28°, lightness 0.69 and chroma 0.177. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #F6685A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(246, 104, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(5, 90%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(5, 63%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 58%, 63%, 4%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(61.9 53.5 35.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.692 0.177 28) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Camellia shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#f86352 — ΔE 1.0, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change#fa6757 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged#f6685a — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#f7695c — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Camellia in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.98:1 and against black 7.05:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffedea · #ffb3a8 · #f6685a · #cd4b40 · #9d2821 · #6f0002
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#ffac64 · #ff8a54 · #f6685a · #da576e · #ba4b7a · #98417f
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#d9b578 · #f6685a · #c75348 · #7f5900 · #811612 · #3c2800
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#00ddf4 · #f6685a · #986f69 · #8a433b · #642822 · #3b1410
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e0f7fb · #f6685a · #957975 · #415153 · #311714 · #000304
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e6f5f7 · #bccdd0 · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2e · #00070a · #f6685a
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d6f9ff · #f6685a · #0091a1 · #005862 · #00252a · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d8caec · #f6685a · #59928b · #47749b · #25314d · #200511
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#dbfcde · #f6685a · #37974d · #263eac · #090665 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#eef7cf · #f6685a · #7a8b00 · #005862 · #2a0054 · #000304
#FD7F71 · #FF988B · #FFB0A5 · #FFC7BF · #FFDDD7
#CF5044 · #AA382F · #85201A · #630506 · #3D0000
#E5776A · #D48378 · #C18D86
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.