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Glowy Valencia

#f67151
Notes

Glowy Valencia (#F67151) is a true red with a neon character. It sits at the high-saturation edge of its family. Use it sparingly, as signage, accent, or highlight against darker surfaces. Its HSL profile (12°, 90%, 64%) places it in the highly saturated band at a mid lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary cyan. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#f67151
RGB
rgb(246, 113, 81)
HSL
hsl(12, 90%, 64%)
HWB
hwb(12 32% 4%)
OKLCH
oklch(70.2% 0.170 34.8)
HSV
hsv(12, 67%, 96%)
LAB
lab(63.35% 48.85 42.07)
LCH
lch(63.35% 64.47 40.74)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 54%, 67%, 4%)

Etymology

Glowy
adjective

Old English glōwan, to glow — adjectival suffix -y. As a color modifier, glowy implies a saturated-and-soft-emitting-and-warm quality, the bright color of fireside-and-candle-lit interior atmospheric-warmth surface emission. Sits at the bright-and-warm end of the grid, parallel to glowing and luminous in usage.

Valencia
noun

The Spanish city and surrounding Comunitat Valenciana — the largest orange-producing region in Europe and the source of the Valencia sweet-orange cultivar (Citrus sinensis 'Valencia'). The color refers to a Valencia-grown sweet orange in market crates: a saturated, slightly red orange with the satin finish of waxed citrus rind. Brighter than naranja, lighter than mandarino.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#f67151
Original
#94874d
Protanopia
#b5a44e
Deuteranopia
#ff566a
Tritanopia
#8b8b8b
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
2.84:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
7.40:1

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