#FA8C72#FA8C72

#FA8C72 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.139 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA8C72
RGB	rgb(250, 140, 114)
HSL	hsl(11, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(11, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 39.20, 32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 50.76, 39.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.1151 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.139 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8434, 40.3004, 20.9648)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA8C72 #72E0FA

analogous

#FA729C #FA8C72 #FAD072

triadic

#FA8C72 #72FA8C #8C72FA

tetradic

#FA8C72 #9CFA72 #72E0FA #D072FA

square

#FA8C72 #9CFA72 #72E0FA #D072FA

split-complementary

#FA8C72 #72FAD0 #729CFA

monochromatic

#E93308 #F85C37 #FA8C72 #FCBCAD #FEE7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#FA8C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#FA8C72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA8C72

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA8C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA8C72	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa8c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 140, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.139 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffaf9b',
    500: '#fa8c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa8c72;
$custom-light: #ffaf9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa8c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.471,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75345,
    "c": 0.13934,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA8C72

secondary

#D2EFF6

accent

#BAE600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF5F2

border

#D7CFCC

text

#19100E

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA8C72

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

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