#FA8979#FA8979

#FA8979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.140 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA8979
RGB	rgb(250, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(7, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(7, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 41.30, 27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 49.77, 33.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75% 0.1225 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.14 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8248, 39.6011, 22.9999)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA8979 #79EAFA

analogous

#FA79A9 #FA8979 #FACA79

triadic

#FA8979 #79FA89 #8979FA

tetradic

#FA8979 #A9FA79 #79EAFA #CA79FA

square

#FA8979 #A9FA79 #79EAFA #CA79FA

split-complementary

#FA8979 #79FACA #79A9FA

monochromatic

#F02609 #F8553E #FA8979 #FCBDB4 #FEE5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#FA8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#FA8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA8979

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA8979	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49A77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.140 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffad9f',
    500: '#fa8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa8979;
$custom-light: #ffad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.442,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75003,
    "c": 0.14034,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA8979

secondary

#D5F2F6

accent

#C9E600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100E

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA8979

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

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