#FA8C8A#FA8C8A
#FA8C8A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.134 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FA8C8A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(250, 140, 138) |
| HSL | hsl(1, 92%, 76%) |
| HSV | hsv(1, 45%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 44%, 44.8%, 2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.12, 41.35, 19.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.12, 45.77, 25.38°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.82% 0.1243 0.0497) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.82% 0.134 21.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.3930, 40.9202, 29.1263) |
| Luminance | 0.4092 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Lightcoral
#F08080
ΔE00 3.19
Blush Pink
#FE828C
ΔE00 3.70
Salmon Pink
#FE7B7C
ΔE00 3.74
Salmon
#FA8072
ΔE00 5.18
Peachy Pink
#FF9A8A
ΔE00 5.29
Salmon (survey)
#FF796C
ΔE00 6.20
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FA8C8A #8AF8FA
analogous
#FA8AC0 #FA8C8A #FAC48A
triadic
#FA8C8A #8AFA8C #8C8AFA
tetradic
#FA8C8A #C0FA8A #8AF8FA #C48AFA
square
#FA8C8A #C0FA8A #8AF8FA #C48AFA
split-complementary
#FA8C8A #8AFAC4 #8AC0FA
monochromatic
#F51915 #F7524F #FA8C8A #FDC6C5 #FEE2E2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#FA8C8A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.18
#FA8C8A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FA8C8A
9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FA8C8A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FA8C8A | 1.00 | 2.29 | 9.18 | 9.18 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A49E89
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFB488
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF7D8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fa8c8a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 140, 138); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.134 21.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffafac',
500: '#fa8c8a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fa8c8a; $custom-light: #ffafac; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fa8c8a",
"rgb": {
"r": 250,
"g": 140,
"b": 138
},
"hsl": {
"h": 1.071,
"s": 91.803,
"l": 76.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75822,
"c": 0.13391,
"h": 21.8
},
"luminance": 0.40915
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FA8C8A
secondary
#D5F5F6
accent
#E1E600
background
#FFFAFA
surface
#FFF5F4
border
#D7CFCE
text
#181010
muted
#867F7F