Palettes / Colors / #FF6166

#FF6166 — Light Vivid Red

#FF6166 is a red color we call Light Vivid Red, closest to the named color Tomato (#FF6347). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: tomato (#FF6347) — not an exact match. CSS tomato gives you #FF6347, a different color; use #FF6166 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#FF6166 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #61FFFA; it also sits naturally between #FF61B5 and #FFAB61. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 38% · Blue 40%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 62% · Yellow 60% · Key 0%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #FF6166

.text { color: #FF6166; }
.background { background-color: #FF6166; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FF6166; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 97, 102); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(358, 100%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FF6166; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 97, 102, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FF6166; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 97, 102, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FF6166">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FF6166">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FF6166

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #61FFFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FF6166: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FF6166

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #FF6166 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FF6166 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #FF6166?

#FF6166 is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 255, 97, 102). Its closest standard named color is Tomato.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FF6166?

#FF6166 is RGB 255, 97, 102 — HSL 358°, 100%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 62%, 60%, 0%.

What colors go with #FF6166?

Its complement is #61FFFA; analogous partners are #FF61B5 and #FFAB61. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FF6166 for text?

Black text on #FF6166 has a contrast ratio of 7.15:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.94:1.