#FA979D#FA979D

#FA979D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.119 H 16.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA979D
RGB	rgb(250, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(356, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(356, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 37.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, 37.75, 12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 39.88, 18.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% 0.1143 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.119 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.5793, 44.8962, 37.5777)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA979D #97FAF4

analogous

#FA97CE #FA979D #FAC297

triadic

#FA979D #9DFA97 #979DFA

tetradic

#FA979D #CEFA97 #97FAF4 #C297FA

square

#FA979D #CEFA97 #97FAF4 #C297FA

split-complementary

#FA979D #97FAC2 #97CEFA

monochromatic

#F4222F #F75D66 #FA979D #FDD1D4 #FEE2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#FA979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#FA979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA979D

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA979D	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.119 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb7b9',
    500: '#fa979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa979d;
$custom-light: #ffb7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78019,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA979D

secondary

#D5F6F4

accent

#E6D800

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#181111

muted

#868080

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA979D

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

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