#FC8581#FC8581

#FC8581 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.146 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FC8581
RGB	rgb(252, 133, 129)
HSL	hsl(2, 95%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(2, 49%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.2%, 48.8%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 44.74, 22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 50.24, 27.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% 0.1339 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.146 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4984, 39.0609, 25.5394)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FC8581 #81F8FC

analogous

#FC81BB #FC8581 #FCC281

triadic

#FC8581 #81FC85 #8581FC

tetradic

#FC8581 #BBFC81 #81F8FC #C281FC

square

#FC8581 #BBFC81 #81F8FC #C281FC

split-complementary

#FC8581 #81FCC2 #81BBFC

monochromatic

#F91109 #FB4B45 #FC8581 #FDBFBD #FEE2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#FC8581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#FC8581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FC8581

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FC8581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FC8581	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fc8581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 133, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.146 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffaba5',
    500: '#fc8581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fc8581;
$custom-light: #ffaba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fc8581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.951,
    "s": 95.349,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7481,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FC8581

secondary

#D4F5F7

accent

#DEE600

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#19100F

muted

#877F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FC8581

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

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