#FA8978#FA8978

#FA8978 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.141 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA8978
RGB	rgb(250, 137, 120)
HSL	hsl(8, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(8, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 41.22, 28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 49.99, 34.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% 0.1221 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.141 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7638, 39.5767, 22.6786)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA8978 #78E9FA

analogous

#FA78A8 #FA8978 #FACA78

triadic

#FA8978 #78FA89 #8978FA

tetradic

#FA8978 #A8FA78 #78E9FA #CA78FA

square

#FA8978 #A8FA78 #78E9FA #CA78FA

split-complementary

#FA8978 #78FACA #78A8FA

monochromatic

#EF2709 #F8553D #FA8978 #FCBDB3 #FEE5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#FA8978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#FA8978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA8978

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA8978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA8978	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49A76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa8978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 137, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.141 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffad9f',
    500: '#fa8978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa8978;
$custom-light: #ffad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa8978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.846,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74984,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA8978

secondary

#D5F2F6

accent

#C7E600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100E

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA8978

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

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