#FA8D79#FA8D79
#FA8D79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FA8D79 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(250, 141, 121) |
| HSL | hsl(9, 93%, 73%) |
| HSV | hsv(9, 52%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 51.6%, 2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.01, 39.28, 28.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.01, 48.73, 36.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.63% 0.1162 0.0711) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.63% 0.136 31.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.4040, 40.7594, 23.1930) |
| Luminance | 0.4075 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Salmon
#FA8072
ΔE00 3.31
Peachy Pink
#FF9A8A
ΔE00 3.41
Salmon (survey)
#FF796C
ΔE00 4.70
Blush (survey)
#F29E8E
ΔE00 4.85
Darksalmon
#E9967A
ΔE00 5.29
Melon
#FF7855
ΔE00 6.50
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FA8D79 #79E6FA
analogous
#FA79A6 #FA8D79 #FACD79
triadic
#FA8D79 #79FA8D #8D79FA
tetradic
#FA8D79 #A6FA79 #79E6FA #CD79FA
square
#FA8D79 #A6FA79 #79E6FA #CD79FA
split-complementary
#FA8D79 #79FACD #79A6FA
monochromatic
#F02D09 #F85B3E #FA8D79 #FCBFB4 #FEE6E2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#FA8D79 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.15
#FA8D79 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FA8D79
9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FA8D79 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FA8D79 | 1.00 | 2.29 | 9.15 | 9.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A79D77
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B477
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF7C88
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #fa8d79; /* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 141, 121); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 31.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffb0a0',
500: '#fa8d79',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #fa8d79; $custom-light: #ffb0a0; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#fa8d79",
"rgb": {
"r": 250,
"g": 141,
"b": 121
},
"hsl": {
"h": 9.302,
"s": 92.806,
"l": 72.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75631,
"c": 0.13622,
"h": 31.4
},
"luminance": 0.40754
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FA8D79
secondary
#D5F1F6
accent
#C2E600
background
#FFFAF9
surface
#FFF5F2
border
#D7CFCC
text
#19100E
muted
#877F7E