#FD9979#FD9979

#FD9979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.129 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FD9979
RGB	rgb(253, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(15, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(15, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 52.2%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, 34.25, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 47.38, 43.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% 0.1006 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.129 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.3540, 45.0507, 23.8659)
Luminance	0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FD9979 #79DDFD

analogous

#FD799B #FD9979 #FDDB79

triadic

#FD9979 #79FD99 #9979FD

tetradic

#FD9979 #9BFD79 #79DDFD #DB79FD

square

#FD9979 #9BFD79 #79DDFD #DB79FD

split-complementary

#FD9979 #79FDDB #799BFD

monochromatic

#F83F04 #FC6B3D #FD9979 #FEC7B5 #FFE8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#FD9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#FD9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FD9979

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FD9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FD9979	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fd9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(253, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.129 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb8a0',
    500: '#fd9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fd9979;
$custom-light: #ffb8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fd9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 253,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.545,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77948,
    "c": 0.12855,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FD9979

secondary

#D4EEF7

accent

#AEE600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#19110E

muted

#87807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FD9979

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

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