#FA8E72#FA8E72

#FA8E72 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.137 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA8E72
RGB	rgb(250, 142, 114)
HSL	hsl(12, 93%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(12, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 54.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, 38.19, 32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 50.32, 40.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.112 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.137 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.1383, 40.8902, 21.0631)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA8E72 #72DEFA

analogous

#FA729A #FA8E72 #FAD272

triadic

#FA8E72 #72FA8E #8E72FA

tetradic

#FA8E72 #9AFA72 #72DEFA #D272FA

square

#FA8E72 #9AFA72 #72DEFA #D272FA

split-complementary

#FA8E72 #72FAD2 #729AFA

monochromatic

#E93708 #F85F37 #FA8E72 #FCBDAD #FEE7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#FA8E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#FA8E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA8E72

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA8E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA8E72	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)

#A99D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa8e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 142, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.137 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb09b',
    500: '#fa8e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa8e72;
$custom-light: #ffb09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa8e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.353,
    "s": 93.151,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75664,
    "c": 0.13748,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA8E72

secondary

#D2EEF6

accent

#B6E600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF5F2

border

#D7CFCC

text

#19110E

muted

#87807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA8E72

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

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