#FA8879#FA8879

#FA8879 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.141 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA8879
RGB	rgb(250, 136, 121)
HSL	hsl(7, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(7, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.6%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 41.81, 27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 50.04, 33.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% 0.124 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.141 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6833, 39.3181, 22.9528)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA8879 #79EBFA

analogous

#FA79AA #FA8879 #FAC979

triadic

#FA8879 #79FA88 #8879FA

tetradic

#FA8879 #AAFA79 #79EBFA #C979FA

square

#FA8879 #AAFA79 #79EBFA #C979FA

split-complementary

#FA8879 #79FAC9 #79AAFA

monochromatic

#F02409 #F8543E #FA8879 #FCBCB4 #FEE5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#FA8879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#FA8879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA8879

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA8879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA8879	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39A77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa8879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 136, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.141 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffac9f',
    500: '#fa8879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa8879;
$custom-light: #ffac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa8879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.977,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74848,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA8879

secondary

#D5F2F6

accent

#CBE600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100E

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA8879

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

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