#FA8480#FA8480

#FA8480 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.145 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA8480
RGB	rgb(250, 132, 128)
HSL	hsl(2, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(2, 49%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.2%, 48.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, 44.43, 22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 49.90, 27.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.1329 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.145 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.5754, 38.3904, 25.1118)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA8480 #80F6FA

analogous

#FA80B9 #FA8480 #FAC180

triadic

#FA8480 #80FA84 #8480FA

tetradic

#FA8480 #B9FA80 #80F6FA #C180FA

square

#FA8480 #B9FA80 #80F6FA #C180FA

split-complementary

#FA8480 #80FAC1 #80B9FA

monochromatic

#F5120A #F84B45 #FA8480 #FCBDBB #FEE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#FA8480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#FA8480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA8480

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA8480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA8480	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E987F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB07E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa8480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 132, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.145 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffaaa4',
    500: '#fa8480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa8480;
$custom-light: #ffaaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa8480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.967,
    "s": 92.424,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74377,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA8480

secondary

#D5F5F6

accent

#DEE600

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#19100F

muted

#877F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA8480

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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