#FC8591#FC8591

#FC8591 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.145 H 14.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FC8591
RGB	rgb(252, 133, 145)
HSL	hsl(354, 95%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(354, 47%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.2%, 42.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 46.29, 14.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 48.47, 17.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% 0.1399 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.145 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.6464, 39.5201, 31.5854)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FC8591 #85FCF0

analogous

#FC85CC #FC8591 #FCB585

triadic

#FC8591 #91FC85 #8591FC

tetradic

#FC8591 #CCFC85 #85FCF0 #B585FC

square

#FC8591 #CCFC85 #85FCF0 #B585FC

split-complementary

#FC8591 #85FCB5 #85CCFC

monochromatic

#F90E25 #FB495B #FC8591 #FDC1C7 #FEE1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#FC8591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#FC8591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FC8591

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FC8591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FC8591	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB28F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF778A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fc8591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 133, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.145 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffabb1',
    500: '#fc8591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fc8591;
$custom-light: #ffabb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fc8591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.95,
    "s": 95.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75169,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FC8591

secondary

#D5F6F3

accent

#E6CE00

background

#FFFAFA

surface

#FFF4F4

border

#D7CECE

text

#191010

muted

#877F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #FC8591

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

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