#FF6961Pastel Red (#FF6961) is a light, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 26°, lightness 0.71 and chroma 0.185. 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 | #FF6961 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(255, 105, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(3, 100%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(3, 62%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59%, 62%, 0%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(63.5 56.6 33.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.707 0.185 26) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Pastel Red 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 ≈ 1.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#ff6459 — ΔE 1.1, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change#ff685e — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged#ff6961 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ff6a63 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Pastel Red 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 2.82:1 and against black 7.45:1, 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.
#ffedeb · #ffb3ab · #ff6961 · #cf4843 · #9f2424 · #6f0009
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.
#ffb379 · #ff9267 · #ff6961 · #e15976 · #c04d83 · #9d4488
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.
#e1b97b · #ff6961 · #d0554e · #865c00 · #881719 · #422b00
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.
#00ddf0 · #ff6961 · #9e736e · #904641 · #6a2b27 · #401714
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#dff7fa · #ff6961 · #9b7d7a · #445456 · #331815 · #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 · #bccdcf · #8ea1a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #ff6961
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d4faff · #ff6961 · #0097a4 · #005b64 · #00262b · #080000
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d4faff · #ff6961 · #009c83 · #00577c · #002820 · #00040c
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#dbfddc · #ff6961 · #3e9c4b · #2041b3 · #040769 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#eff7cd · #ff6961 · #828f00 · #005b64 · #2a0058 · #000304
#FF857B · #FF9E94 · #FFB4AC · #FFC9C3 · #FFDEDA
#D7504A · #B03734 · #8A1F1F · #660209 · #3E0002
#EE7970 · #DB867E · #C7918B
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.