#FA8481#FA8481

#FA8481 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.144 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA8481
RGB	rgb(250, 132, 129)
HSL	hsl(1, 92%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(1, 48%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.2%, 48.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 44.52, 22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 49.74, 26.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% 0.1333 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.144 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6415, 38.4168, 25.4602)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA8481 #81F7FA

analogous

#FA81BA #FA8481 #FAC181

triadic

#FA8481 #81FA84 #8481FA

tetradic

#FA8481 #BAFA81 #81F7FA #C181FA

square

#FA8481 #BAFA81 #81F7FA #C181FA

split-complementary

#FA8481 #81FAC1 #81BAFA

monochromatic

#F5110B #F84B46 #FA8481 #FCBDBC #FEE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#FA8481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#FA8481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA8481

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA8481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA8481	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)

#9E9880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa8481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 132, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.144 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffaaa5',
    500: '#fa8481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa8481;
$custom-light: #ffaaa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa8481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.488,
    "s": 92.366,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74398,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA8481

secondary

#D5F5F6

accent

#E0E600

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#19100F

muted

#877F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA8481

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

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