#FA8A79#FA8A79
#FA8A79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.139 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FA8A79 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(250, 138, 121) |
| HSL | hsl(8, 93%, 73%) |
| HSV | hsv(8, 52%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 51.6%, 2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.39, 40.80, 28.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.39, 49.50, 34.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.16% 0.1209 0.0692) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.16% 0.139 29.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.9676, 39.8867, 23.0475) |
| Luminance | 0.3988 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Salmon
#FA8072
ΔE00 2.33
Peachy Pink
#FF9A8A
ΔE00 3.78
Salmon (survey)
#FF796C
ΔE00 3.81
Blush (survey)
#F29E8E
ΔE00 5.35
Salmon Pink
#FE7B7C
ΔE00 5.81
Lightcoral
#F08080
ΔE00 5.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FA8A79 #79E9FA
analogous
#FA79A8 #FA8A79 #FACA79
triadic
#FA8A79 #79FA8A #8A79FA
tetradic
#FA8A79 #A8FA79 #79E9FA #CA79FA
square
#FA8A79 #A8FA79 #79E9FA #CA79FA
split-complementary
#FA8A79 #79FACA #79A8FA
monochromatic
#F02709 #F8563E #FA8A79 #FCBEB4 #FEE5E2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.34
#FA8A79 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.98
#FA8A79 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FA8A79
8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FA8A79 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FA8A79 | 1.00 | 2.34 | 8.98 | 8.98 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.98 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.98 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A59B77
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0B277
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF7986
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fa8a79; /* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 138, 121); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.139 29.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffaea0',
500: '#fa8a79',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fa8a79; $custom-light: #ffaea0; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fa8a79",
"rgb": {
"r": 250,
"g": 138,
"b": 121
},
"hsl": {
"h": 7.907,
"s": 92.806,
"l": 72.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75159,
"c": 0.13929,
"h": 29.8
},
"luminance": 0.39881
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FA8A79
secondary
#D5F2F6
accent
#C7E600
background
#FFFAF9
surface
#FFF4F2
border
#D7CECC
text
#19100E
muted
#877F7E