#FC8A65#FC8A65

#FC8A65 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.148 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FC8A65
RGB	rgb(252, 138, 101)
HSL	hsl(15, 96%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(15, 60%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 59.9%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, 40.01, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 55.77, 44.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% 0.1155 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.148 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5864, 39.8175, 17.2783)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FC8A65 #65D7FC

analogous

#FC658C #FC8A65 #FCD665

triadic

#FC8A65 #65FC8A #8A65FC

tetradic

#FC8A65 #8CFC65 #65D7FC #D665FC

square

#FC8A65 #8CFC65 #65D7FC #D665FC

split-complementary

#FC8A65 #65FCD6 #658CFC

monochromatic

#E23B04 #FB5C29 #FC8A65 #FDB8A1 #FEE5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#FC8A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#FC8A65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FC8A65

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FC8A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FC8A65	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)

#A89A62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fc8a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 138, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.148 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffae91',
    500: '#fc8a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fc8a65;
$custom-light: #ffae91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fc8a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.702,
    "s": 96.178,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75074,
    "c": 0.14794,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FC8A65

secondary

#C8EAF4

accent

#ADE600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F1

border

#D7CECB

text

#19100D

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FC8A65

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

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