#FA9999#FA9999

#FA9999 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.117 H 20.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FA9999
RGB	rgb(250, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(0, 39%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 38.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, 36.26, 15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 39.45, 23.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% 0.1097 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.117 20)
XYZ	xyz(56.5680, 45.4110, 35.9167)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FA9999 #99FAFA

analogous

#FA99CA #FA9999 #FACA99

triadic

#FA9999 #99FA99 #9999FA

tetradic

#FA9999 #CAFA99 #99FAFA #CA99FA

square

#FA9999 #CAFA99 #99FAFA #CA99FA

split-complementary

#FA9999 #99FACA #99CAFA

monochromatic

#F42424 #F75F5F #FA9999 #FDD3D3 #FEE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#FA9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#FA9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FA9999

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FA9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FA9999	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fa9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.117 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb8b7',
    500: '#fa9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fa9999;
$custom-light: #ffb8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fa9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 90.654,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78249,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.45406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FA9999

secondary

#D5F6F6

accent

#E5E600

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#181111

muted

#868080

Preview Lab

Preview with #FA9999

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

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