#FC8480#FC8480

#FC8480 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.147 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FC8480
RGB	rgb(252, 132, 128)
HSL	hsl(2, 95%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(2, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.6%, 49.2%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 45.15, 23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 50.73, 27.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% 0.135 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.147 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.2960, 38.7619, 25.1456)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FC8480 #80F8FC

analogous

#FC80BA #FC8480 #FCC280

triadic

#FC8480 #80FC84 #8480FC

tetradic

#FC8480 #BAFC80 #80F8FC #C280FC

square

#FC8480 #BAFC80 #80F8FC #C280FC

split-complementary

#FC8480 #80FCC2 #80BAFC

monochromatic

#F91008 #FB4A44 #FC8480 #FDBEBC #FEE2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#FC8480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#FC8480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FC8480

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FC8480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FC8480	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F987F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB17E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fc8480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 132, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.147 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffaaa4',
    500: '#fc8480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fc8480;
$custom-light: #ffaaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fc8480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.935,
    "s": 95.385,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74638,
    "c": 0.14689,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FC8480

secondary

#D4F5F7

accent

#DEE600

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#19100F

muted

#877F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FC8480

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

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