#FC8A79#FC8A79

#FC8A79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.142 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FC8A79
RGB	rgb(252, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(8, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(8, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.2%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 41.54, 28.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 50.34, 34.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% 0.123 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.142 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.6882, 40.2583, 23.0813)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FC8A79 #79EBFC

analogous

#FC79A9 #FC8A79 #FCCB79

triadic

#FC8A79 #79FC8A #8A79FC

tetradic

#FC8A79 #A9FC79 #79EBFC #CB79FC

square

#FC8A79 #A9FC79 #79EBFC #CB79FC

split-complementary

#FC8A79 #79FCCB #79A9FC

monochromatic

#F52505 #FB563D #FC8A79 #FDBEB5 #FEE5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#FC8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#FC8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FC8A79

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FC8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FC8A79	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59C77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fc8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.142 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffaea0',
    500: '#fc8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fc8a79;
$custom-light: #ffaea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fc8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.786,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75415,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FC8A79

secondary

#D4F2F7

accent

#C8E600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100E

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FC8A79

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

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