#FA9979#FA9979

#FA9979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.125 H 39.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA9979
RGB	rgb(250, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(15, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(15, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, 33.10, 32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 46.16, 44.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% 0.0973 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.125 39)
XYZ	xyz(54.2702, 44.4919, 23.8151)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA9979 #79DAFA

analogous

#FA7999 #FA9979 #FADA79

triadic

#FA9979 #79FA99 #9979FA

tetradic

#FA9979 #99FA79 #79DAFA #DA79FA

square

#FA9979 #99FA79 #79DAFA #DA79FA

split-complementary

#FA9979 #79FADA #7999FA

monochromatic

#F04209 #F86C3E #FA9979 #FCC6B4 #FEE9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#FA9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#FA9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA9979

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA9979	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.125 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb8a0',
    500: '#fa9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa9979;
$custom-light: #ffb8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.884,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77586,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.44487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA9979

secondary

#D5EEF6

accent

#ADE600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA9979

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

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