Grapefruit `#FD5956`

Grapefruit (#FD5956) is a light, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 25°, lightness 0.68 and chroma 0.2. 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.

Color values

HEX	`#FD5956`
RGB	`rgb(253, 89, 86)`
HSL	`hsl(1, 98%, 66%)`
HSV	`hsv(1, 66%, 99%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 65%, 66%, 1%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(60.5 62.1 36.2)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.684 0.200 25)`

How Grapefruit behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Grapefruit is virtually unchanged; 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.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #fe534f — ΔE 1.0, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #ff5853 — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #fd5956 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #fe5a58 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Grapefruit in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.12:1 and against black 6.74:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Grapefruit

Tonal

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.

#ffedeb · #ffb3ac · #fd5956 · #d63e3e · #a5161f · #6f000c

Analogous

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.

#ffa864 · #ff8455 · #fd5956 · #de496f · #bc3f7e · #993884

Shifted

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.

#ddb06c · #fd5956 · #cd4744 · #7e5600 · #830010 · #3a2500

Contrast

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.

#00ddef · #fd5956 · #996b66 · #8c3c38 · #66211f · #3b0f0e

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#ddf8fb · #fd5956 · #957572 · #3e5052 · #321513 · #000304

Bright Accent

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 · #bccdcf · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #fd5956

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d8d7b2 · #cf9bb5 · #fd5956 · #1d7199 · #35486c · #020b2d

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#c0e1c6 · #75bea6 · #fd5956 · #467384 · #354264 · #1d0412

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#dafdda · #fd5956 · #2e963b · #1439b6 · #02006b · #000200

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#f0f7c9 · #fd5956 · #7c8700 · #00575e · #270055 · #000304

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#FF7972 · #FF958D · #FFAEA7 · #FFC5C0 · #FFDCD8

Shades

#D64141 · #AF292C · #8A0F18 · #630009 · #3C0003

Muted

#EB6D66 · #D77C75 · #C28883

Using Grapefruit

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.