#FA8579#FA8579

#FA8579 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.145 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA8579
RGB	rgb(250, 133, 121)
HSL	hsl(6, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(6, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, 43.32, 26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 50.88, 31.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% 0.1287 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.145 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.2667, 38.4849, 22.8139)
Luminance	0.3848 (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

#FA8579 #79EEFA

analogous

#FA79AE #FA8579 #FAC579

triadic

#FA8579 #79FA85 #8579FA

tetradic

#FA8579 #AEFA79 #79EEFA #C579FA

square

#FA8579 #AEFA79 #79EEFA #C579FA

split-complementary

#FA8579 #79FAC5 #79AEFA

monochromatic

#F01E09 #F84F3E #FA8579 #FCBBB4 #FEE4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#FA8579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#FA8579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA8579

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA8579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA8579	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09878

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7382

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa8579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 133, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.145 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffaa9f',
    500: '#fa8579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa8579;
$custom-light: #ffaa9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa8579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.581,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74387,
    "c": 0.14463,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA8579

secondary

#D5F3F6

accent

#D0E600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100E

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA8579

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

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