#FA8A75#FA8A75

#FA8A75 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.140 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA8A75
RGB	rgb(250, 138, 117)
HSL	hsl(9, 93%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(9, 53%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 53.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 40.46, 30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 50.45, 36.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% 0.1194 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.14 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7274, 39.7906, 21.7824)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA8A75 #75E5FA

analogous

#FA75A3 #FA8A75 #FACD75

triadic

#FA8A75 #75FA8A #8A75FA

tetradic

#FA8A75 #A3FA75 #75E5FA #CD75FA

square

#FA8A75 #A3FA75 #75E5FA #CD75FA

split-complementary

#FA8A75 #75FACD #75A3FA

monochromatic

#EC2C09 #F8583A #FA8A75 #FCBCB0 #FEE6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#FA8A75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#FA8A75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA8A75

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA8A75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA8A75	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa8a75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 138, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.140 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffae9d',
    500: '#fa8a75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa8a75;
$custom-light: #ffae9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa8a75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 93.007,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75084,
    "c": 0.14037,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA8A75

secondary

#D5F1F6

accent

#C1E600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100E

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA8A75

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

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