#FA8C7A#FA8C7A
#FA8C7A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.137 H 30.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FA8C7A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(250, 140, 122) |
| HSL | hsl(8, 93%, 73%) |
| HSV | hsv(8, 51%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 44%, 51.2%, 2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.82, 39.87, 28.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.82, 48.75, 35.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.49% 0.1182 0.0693) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.49% 0.137 30.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.3188, 40.4905, 23.4687) |
| Luminance | 0.4048 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Salmon
#FA8072
ΔE00 2.85
Peachy Pink
#FF9A8A
ΔE00 3.40
Salmon (survey)
#FF796C
ΔE00 4.31
Blush (survey)
#F29E8E
ΔE00 4.94
Darksalmon
#E9967A
ΔE00 5.79
Salmon Pink
#FE7B7C
ΔE00 6.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FA8C7A #7AE8FA
analogous
#FA7AA8 #FA8C7A #FACC7A
triadic
#FA8C7A #7AFA8C #8C7AFA
tetradic
#FA8C7A #A8FA7A #7AE8FA #CC7AFA
square
#FA8C7A #A8FA7A #7AE8FA #CC7AFA
split-complementary
#FA8C7A #7AFACC #7AA8FA
monochromatic
#F12A09 #F8593F #FA8C7A #FCBFB5 #FEE6E2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.31
#FA8C7A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.10
#FA8C7A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FA8C7A
9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FA8C7A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FA8C7A | 1.00 | 2.31 | 9.10 | 9.10 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A69D78
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1B378
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF7B88
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fa8c7a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 140, 122); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.137 30.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffafa0',
500: '#fa8c7a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fa8c7a; $custom-light: #ffafa0; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fa8c7a",
"rgb": {
"r": 250,
"g": 140,
"b": 122
},
"hsl": {
"h": 8.438,
"s": 92.754,
"l": 72.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75492,
"c": 0.13697,
"h": 30.4
},
"luminance": 0.40485
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FA8C7A
secondary
#D5F1F6
accent
#C5E600
background
#FFFAF9
surface
#FFF5F2
border
#D7CFCC
text
#19100E
muted
#877F7E