#FA8561#FA8561

#FA8561 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.152 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA8561
RGB	rgb(250, 133, 97)
HSL	hsl(14, 94%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(14, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 61.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 41.50, 39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 57.14, 43.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.1197 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.152 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9736, 37.9677, 16.0037)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA8561 #61D6FA

analogous

#FA6189 #FA8561 #FAD261

triadic

#FA8561 #61FA85 #8561FA

tetradic

#FA8561 #89FA61 #61D6FA #D261FA

square

#FA8561 #89FA61 #61D6FA #D261FA

split-complementary

#FA8561 #61FAD2 #6189FA

monochromatic

#DA3807 #F85726 #FA8561 #FCB39C #FEE1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#FA8561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#FA8561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA8561

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA8561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA8561	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3965E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF707C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa8561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 133, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.152 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffaa8e',
    500: '#fa8561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa8561;
$custom-light: #ffaa8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa8561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 93.865,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73974,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA8561

secondary

#C4E8F3

accent

#AFE600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#19100C

muted

#877F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA8561

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

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