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#ff6950 -A bold light red.

Commonly used for interactive elements like buttons and links, secondary interface elements, visual indicators and status markers, decorative accents and highlights, and background elements and containers
Used on the Creative South 2026 website (Primary brand orange for CTAs and highlights).

Colour Values

HEX

#ff6950

RGB

rgb(255, 105, 80)

HSL

hsl(9, 100, 66)

OKLCH

oklch(70.48% 0.1880 31.63)

Contrast Analysis

Against White

2.84

Very poor

Against Black

7.39

Good

Matching Algorithm

Method

LAB (CIE94) RGB

Using LAB colour space for perceptually accurate matching (CIE94 formula).

Distance

6.91

Good

Input Colour

Nearest Tailwind Match

Distance: 6.91

Top Tailwind Colour Matches

All green Shades in Tailwind

Colour Combinations

Monochromatic

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Brand Palette

Primary brand color

red-400

Brand accent

red-500

Secondary accent

emerald-300

Text & UI elements (primary-tinted)

stone-900

Main background (primary-tinted)

neutral-100

Card background (primary-tinted)

stone-50

Borders (primary-tinted)

stone-200

Muted backgrounds (primary-tinted)

zinc-100