#FF7979#FF7979

#FF7979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.164 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF7979
RGB	rgb(255, 121, 121)
HSL	hsl(0, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(0, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, 50.97, 24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 56.62, 25.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% 0.1521 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.164 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5326, 36.3211, 22.3823)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF7979 #79FFFF

analogous

#FF79BC #FF7979 #FFBC79

triadic

#FF7979 #79FF79 #7979FF

tetradic

#FF7979 #BCFF79 #79FFFF #BC79FF

square

#FF7979 #BCFF79 #79FFFF #BC79FF

split-complementary

#FF7979 #79FFBC #79BCFF

monochromatic

#FE0000 #FF3C3C #FF7979 #FFB6B6 #FFE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#FF7979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#FF7979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF7979

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF7979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF7979	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF647A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff7979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 121, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.164 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffa39f',
    500: '#ff7979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff7979;
$custom-light: #ffa39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff7979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73304,
    "c": 0.1639,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF7979

secondary

#D4F7F7

accent

#E5E600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#190F0E

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF7979

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

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