#FC9997#FC9997

#FC9997 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.119 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FC9997
RGB	rgb(252, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(1, 94%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(1, 40%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.3%, 40.1%, 1.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, 36.78, 16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 40.49, 24.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% 0.1111 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.119 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.1248, 45.7171, 35.0878)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FC9997 #97FAFC

analogous

#FC97C8 #FC9997 #FCCC97

triadic

#FC9997 #97FC99 #9997FC

tetradic

#FC9997 #C8FC97 #97FAFC #CC97FC

square

#FC9997 #C8FC97 #97FAFC #CC97FC

split-complementary

#FC9997 #97FCCC #97C8FC

monochromatic

#F92420 #FA5F5C #FC9997 #FED3D2 #FEE2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#FC9997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#FC9997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FC9997

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FC9997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FC9997	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BC95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fc9997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(252, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.119 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb8b5',
    500: '#fc9997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fc9997;
$custom-light: #ffb8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fc9997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 252,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.188,
    "s": 94.393,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78439,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FC9997

secondary

#D5F6F6

accent

#E1E600

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#181111

muted

#868080

Preview Lab

Preview with #FC9997

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

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