#FB8979#FB8979

#FB8979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.141 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FB8979
RGB	rgb(251, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(7, 94%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(7, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 51.8%, 1.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 41.67, 27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 50.18, 33.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% 0.1235 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.141 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1842, 39.7864, 23.0168)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FB8979 #79EBFB

analogous

#FB79AA #FB8979 #FBCA79

triadic

#FB8979 #79FB89 #8979FB

tetradic

#FB8979 #AAFB79 #79EBFB #CA79FB

square

#FB8979 #AAFB79 #79EBFB #CA79FB

split-complementary

#FB8979 #79FBCA #79AAFB

monochromatic

#F22407 #F9553E #FB8979 #FDBDB4 #FEE5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#FB8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#FB8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FB8979

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FB8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FB8979	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fb8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(251, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.141 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffada0',
    500: '#fb8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fb8979;
$custom-light: #ffada0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fb8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 251,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.385,
    "s": 94.203,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75132,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FB8979

secondary

#D5F2F6

accent

#C9E600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100E

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FB8979

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

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