#FF8979#FF8979

#FF8979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.146 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF8979
RGB	rgb(255, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(7, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(7, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 43.15, 28.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 51.86, 33.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.1278 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.146 29)
XYZ	xyz(53.6407, 40.5374, 23.0851)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF8979 #79EFFF

analogous

#FF79AC #FF8979 #FFCC79

triadic

#FF8979 #79FF89 #8979FF

tetradic

#FF8979 #ACFF79 #79EFFF #CC79FF

square

#FF8979 #ACFF79 #79EFFF #CC79FF

split-complementary

#FF8979 #79FFCC #79ACFF

monochromatic

#FE1E00 #FF533C #FF8979 #FFBFB6 #FFE4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#FF8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#FF8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF8979

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF8979	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59C77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.146 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffada0',
    500: '#ff8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff8979;
$custom-light: #ffada0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.164,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75648,
    "c": 0.14607,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.40532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF8979

secondary

#D4F3F7

accent

#CAE600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100E

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF8979

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

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