#F78B79#F78B79
#F78B79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.135 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F78B79 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(247, 139, 121) |
| HSL | hsl(9, 89%, 72%) |
| HSV | hsv(9, 51%, 97%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 43.7%, 51%, 3.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.20, 39.17, 27.71) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.20, 47.98, 35.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.93% 0.1161 0.0685) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.93% 0.135 30.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.0450, 39.6249, 23.0456) |
| Luminance | 0.3962 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Salmon
#FA8072
ΔE00 2.73
Peachy Pink
#FF9A8A
ΔE00 3.73
Salmon (survey)
#FF796C
ΔE00 4.25
Blush (survey)
#F29E8E
ΔE00 5.00
Darksalmon
#E9967A
ΔE00 5.61
Lightcoral
#F08080
ΔE00 6.14
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F78B79 #79E5F7
analogous
#F779A6 #F78B79 #F7CA79
triadic
#F78B79 #79F78B #8B79F7
tetradic
#F78B79 #A6F779 #79E5F7 #CA79F7
square
#F78B79 #A6F779 #79E5F7 #CA79F7
split-complementary
#F78B79 #79F7CA #79A6F7
monochromatic
#E82D0E #F4593F #F78B79 #FABDB3 #FDE6E2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.35
#F78B79 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.92
#F78B79 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F78B79
8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F78B79 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F78B79 | 1.00 | 2.35 | 8.92 | 8.92 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.35 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.92 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.92 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A59B77
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFB277
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF7A87
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f78b79; /* rgb */ color: rgb(247, 139, 121); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.135 30.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#feaea0',
500: '#f78b79',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f78b79; $custom-light: #feaea0; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f78b79",
"rgb": {
"r": 247,
"g": 139,
"b": 121
},
"hsl": {
"h": 8.571,
"s": 88.732,
"l": 72.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74934,
"c": 0.1348,
"h": 30.5
},
"luminance": 0.3962
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F78B79
secondary
#D6F1F5
accent
#C5E500
background
#FFFAF9
surface
#FFF4F2
border
#D7CECC
text
#18100E
muted
#867F7E