#FA8A78#FA8A78

#FA8A78 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.140 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA8A78
RGB	rgb(250, 138, 120)
HSL	hsl(8, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(8, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 52%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 40.71, 28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 49.73, 35.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% 0.1205 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.14 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9066, 39.8623, 22.7262)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA8A78 #78E8FA

analogous

#FA78A7 #FA8A78 #FACB78

triadic

#FA8A78 #78FA8A #8A78FA

tetradic

#FA8A78 #A7FA78 #78E8FA #CB78FA

square

#FA8A78 #A7FA78 #78E8FA #CB78FA

split-complementary

#FA8A78 #78FACB #78A7FA

monochromatic

#EF2909 #F8573D #FA8A78 #FCBDB3 #FEE5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#FA8A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#FA8A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA8A78

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA8A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA8A78	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59B76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa8a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 138, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.140 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffae9f',
    500: '#fa8a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa8a78;
$custom-light: #ffae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa8a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.308,
    "s": 92.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7514,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA8A78

secondary

#D5F1F6

accent

#C6E600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100E

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA8A78

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

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