#FA8A65#FA8A65

#FA8A65 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.146 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA8A65
RGB	rgb(250, 138, 101)
HSL	hsl(15, 94%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(15, 60%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 59.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 39.25, 38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 54.96, 44.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.1134 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.146 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.8658, 39.4460, 17.2445)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA8A65 #65D5FA

analogous

#FA658B #FA8A65 #FAD465

triadic

#FA8A65 #65FA8A #8A65FA

tetradic

#FA8A65 #8BFA65 #65D5FA #D465FA

square

#FA8A65 #8BFA65 #65D5FA #D465FA

split-complementary

#FA8A65 #65FAD4 #658BFA

monochromatic

#DD3C07 #F85D2A #FA8A65 #FCB7A0 #FEE4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#FA8A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#FA8A65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA8A65

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA8A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA8A65	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79A62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa8a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 138, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.146 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffad91',
    500: '#fa8a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa8a65;
$custom-light: #ffad91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa8a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.899,
    "s": 93.711,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74815,
    "c": 0.14575,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA8A65

secondary

#C7E8F3

accent

#ADE600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F1

border

#D7CECB

text

#19100D

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA8A65

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

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