#FA8572#FA8572

#FA8572 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.146 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#FA8572
RGBrgb(250, 133, 114)
HSLhsl(8, 93%, 71%)
HSVhsv(8, 54%, 98%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 46.8%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.26, 42.74, 30.39)
CIE-LCHlch(68.26, 52.44, 35.41°)
OKLaboklab(74.26% 0.126 0.0743)
OKLCHoklch(74.26% 0.146 30.5)
XYZxyz(50.8529, 38.3194, 20.6346)
Luminance0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#FA8572 #72E7FA
analogous
#FA72A3 #FA8572 #FAC972
triadic
#FA8572 #72FA85 #8572FA
tetradic
#FA8572 #A3FA72 #72E7FA #C972FA
square
#FA8572 #A3FA72 #72E7FA #C972FA
split-complementary
#FA8572 #72FAC9 #72A3FA
monochromatic
#E92808 #F85237 #FA8572 #FCB8AD #FEE5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42
#FA8572 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66
#FA8572 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA8572
8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##FA8572#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##FA85721.002.428.668.66
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6621.001.001.00
##0000008.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A19770
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEB070
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF7281
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #fa8572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 133, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.146 30.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffaa9a',
    500: '#fa8572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #fa8572;
$custom-light: #ffaa9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#fa8572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.382,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74255,
    "c": 0.14626,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#FA8572
secondary
#D2F1F6
accent
#C5E600
background
#FFFAF9
surface
#FFF4F2
border
#D7CECC
text
#19100E
muted
#877F7E

Preview Lab

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#FA8572 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva