#FE9979#FE9979

#FE9979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.130 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FE9979
RGB	rgb(254, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(14, 99%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(14, 52%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 52.4%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, 34.63, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 47.78, 43.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% 0.1017 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.13 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.7191, 45.2390, 23.8830)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FE9979 #79DEFE

analogous

#FE799B #FE9979 #FEDB79

triadic

#FE9979 #79FE99 #9979FE

tetradic

#FE9979 #9BFE79 #79DEFE #DB79FE

square

#FE9979 #9BFE79 #79DEFE #DB79FE

split-complementary

#FE9979 #79FEDB #799BFE

monochromatic

#FB3E02 #FE6B3C #FE9979 #FEC7B6 #FFE8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#FE9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#FE9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FE9979

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FE9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FE9979	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fe9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.130 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb8a0',
    500: '#fe9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fe9979;
$custom-light: #ffb8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fe9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.436,
    "s": 98.519,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78069,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FE9979

secondary

#D4EFF7

accent

#AEE600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#19110E

muted

#87807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FE9979

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

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