#FD8979#FD8979

#FD8979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.144 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FD8979
RGB	rgb(253, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(7, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(7, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.8%, 52.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 42.41, 28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 51.02, 33.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% 0.1257 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.144 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9086, 40.1599, 23.0507)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FD8979 #79EDFD

analogous

#FD79AB #FD8979 #FDCB79

triadic

#FD8979 #79FD89 #8979FD

tetradic

#FD8979 #ABFD79 #79EDFD #CB79FD

square

#FD8979 #ABFD79 #79EDFD #CB79FD

split-complementary

#FD8979 #79FDCB #79ABFD

monochromatic

#F82104 #FC543D #FD8979 #FEBEB5 #FFE4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#FD8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#FD8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FD8979

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FD8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FD8979	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49B77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fd8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.144 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffada0',
    500: '#fd8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fd8979;
$custom-light: #ffada0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fd8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.273,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75389,
    "c": 0.14379,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FD8979

secondary

#D4F3F7

accent

#CAE600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100E

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FD8979

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

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