#FC9979#FC9979

#FC9979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.127 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FC9979
RGB	rgb(252, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(15, 96%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(15, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 52%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, 33.87, 32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 46.97, 43.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% 0.0995 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.127 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.9908, 44.8635, 23.8488)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FC9979 #79DCFC

analogous

#FC799B #FC9979 #FCDA79

triadic

#FC9979 #79FC99 #9979FC

tetradic

#FC9979 #9BFC79 #79DCFC #DA79FC

square

#FC9979 #9BFC79 #79DCFC #DA79FC

split-complementary

#FC9979 #79FCDA #799BFC

monochromatic

#F54005 #FB6B3D #FC9979 #FDC7B5 #FEE8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#FC9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#FC9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FC9979

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FC9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FC9979	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fc9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.127 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb8a0',
    500: '#fc9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fc9979;
$custom-light: #ffb8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fc9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.656,
    "s": 95.62,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77827,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FC9979

secondary

#D4EEF7

accent

#ADE600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#19110E

muted

#87807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FC9979

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

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