#FC9596#FC9596

#FC9596 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.124 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FC9596
RGB	rgb(252, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(359, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(359, 41%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.9%, 40.5%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, 38.73, 16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 42.02, 22.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% 0.117 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.124 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.4002, 44.3972, 34.4474)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FC9596 #95FCFB

analogous

#FC95C9 #FC9596 #FCC795

triadic

#FC9596 #96FC95 #9596FC

tetradic

#FC9596 #C9FC95 #95FCFB #C795FC

square

#FC9596 #C9FC95 #95FCFB #C795FC

split-complementary

#FC9596 #95FCC7 #95C9FC

monochromatic

#F91E20 #FA595B #FC9596 #FED1D1 #FEE1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#FC9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#FC9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FC9596

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FC9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FC9596	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fc9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.124 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb5b4',
    500: '#fc9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fc9596;
$custom-light: #ffb5b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fc9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.417,
    "s": 94.495,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77768,
    "c": 0.12422,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FC9596

secondary

#D5F6F6

accent

#E6E300

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#181111

muted

#868080

Preview Lab

Preview with #FC9596

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

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