#F56961Sriracha (#F56961) is a light, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 26°, lightness 0.69 and chroma 0.174. 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 | #F56961 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(245, 105, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(3, 88%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(3, 60%, 96%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 57%, 60%, 4%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(62 53.2 31.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.693 0.174 26) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Sriracha 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.
#f76459 — ΔE 1.1, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change#f9685e — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged#f56961 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#f66a63 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Sriracha 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 2.97:1 and against black 7.08:1, 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 · #f56961 · #cc4c46 · #9c2928 · #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.
#ffac6b · #ff8a5b · #f56961 · #d85974 · #b84d7e · #964382
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.
#dab57b · #f56961 · #c7544e · #815800 · #801819 · #3d2700
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 · #f56961 · #986f6b · #89443f · #642825 · #3b1512
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e0f7fa · #f56961 · #957976 · #425153 · #311715 · #000202
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 · #f56961
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d6d8b2 · #f56961 · #a77a8f · #1d729c · #253452 · #040c2a
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d5d6b1 · #f56961 · #578ca8 · #4b7d6d · #2c382b · #180902
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#dcfcdd · #f56961 · #40964a · #2040aa · #040a64 · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f0f7cf · #f56961 · #7e8a00 · #005861 · #290056 · #000304
#FC8077 · #FF988F · #FFB0A8 · #FFC7C1 · #FFDDD8
#CE514B · #A93935 · #852120 · #62070C · #3D0002
#E5776F · #D3837C · #C08D88
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.