What color is #FF6F91?

#FF6F91 is a light, vivid red known as Blush Hour. It belongs to the pink family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Blush Hour?

The RGB value is 255, 111, 145: 255 red, 111 green and 145 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Blush Hour?

The complementary color is #6FFFDD, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FF6F91?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.93:1 and white text 2.65:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Blush Hour color: hex code #FF6F91

#FF6F91 rgb(255, 111, 145)

Shades of pink

Blush Hour has the hex code #FF6F91. It is a light, vivid red.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 43.5% green and 56.9% blue (255, 111, 145).

Its hue angle is 346°, with 100% saturation and 72% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 56% magenta, 43% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 7.93:1).

Blush Hour (#FF6F91) color codes

HEX	`#FF6F91`
RGB	`rgb(255, 111, 145)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 43.5%, 56.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(346, 100%, 72%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(346, 56%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 56%, 43%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(65.5, 57.76, 9.32)`
CIE LCH	`lch(65.5, 58.5, 9.16)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(52.039, 34.679, 30.736)`
Decimal	`16740241`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Blush Hour, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FF6F91	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	7.93:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.65:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FF6F91 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.65:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	7.93:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FF6F91 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ff6f91; }
.text { color: #ff6f91; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ff6f91; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 111 145 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ff6f91, #ff956f); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

See #FF6F91 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FF6F91?: #FF6F91 is a light, vivid red known as Blush Hour. It belongs to the pink family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Blush Hour?: The RGB value is 255, 111, 145: 255 red, 111 green and 145 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Blush Hour?: The complementary color is #6FFFDD, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FF6F91?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 7.93:1 and white text 2.65:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.