#FA8C8E#FA8C8E
#FA8C8E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.134 H 19.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FA8C8E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(250, 140, 142) |
| HSL | hsl(359, 92%, 76%) |
| HSV | hsv(359, 44%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 44%, 43.2%, 2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.20, 41.75, 17.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.20, 45.28, 22.75°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.91% 0.1259 0.0447) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.91% 0.134 19.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.6880, 41.0382, 30.6796) |
| Luminance | 0.4103 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Blush Pink
#FE828C
ΔE00 2.77
Lightcoral
#F08080
ΔE00 3.37
Salmon Pink
#FE7B7C
ΔE00 4.09
Rose Pink
#F7879A
ΔE00 5.29
Carnation
#FD798F
ΔE00 5.91
Salmon
#FA8072
ΔE00 6.35
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FA8C8E #8CFAF8
analogous
#FA8CC5 #FA8C8E #FAC18C
triadic
#FA8C8E #8EFA8C #8C8EFA
tetradic
#FA8C8E #C5FA8C #8CFAF8 #C18CFA
square
#FA8C8E #C5FA8C #8CFAF8 #C18CFA
split-complementary
#FA8C8E #8CFAC1 #8CC5FA
monochromatic
#F5171B #F75154 #FA8C8E #FDC7C8 #FEE2E2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.28
#FA8C8E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.21
#FA8C8E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FA8C8E
9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FA8C8E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FA8C8E | 1.00 | 2.28 | 9.21 | 9.21 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.28 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A39E8D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEB48C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF7E8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fa8c8e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 140, 142); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.134 19.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffafaf',
500: '#fa8c8e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fa8c8e; $custom-light: #ffafaf; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fa8c8e",
"rgb": {
"r": 250,
"g": 140,
"b": 142
},
"hsl": {
"h": 358.909,
"s": 91.667,
"l": 76.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75912,
"c": 0.13356,
"h": 19.5
},
"luminance": 0.41033
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FA8C8E
secondary
#D5F6F5
accent
#E6E100
background
#FFFAFA
surface
#FFF5F4
border
#D7CFCE
text
#181010
muted
#867F7F