#FF8A79#FF8A79

#FF8A79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.145 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF8A79
RGB	rgb(255, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(8, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(8, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, 42.65, 29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 51.59, 34.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% 0.1262 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.145 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7835, 40.8230, 23.1327)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF8A79 #79EEFF

analogous

#FF79AB #FF8A79 #FFCD79

triadic

#FF8A79 #79FF8A #8A79FF

tetradic

#FF8A79 #ABFF79 #79EEFF #CD79FF

square

#FF8A79 #ABFF79 #79EEFF #CD79FF

split-complementary

#FF8A79 #79FFCD #79ABFF

monochromatic

#FE2000 #FF553C #FF8A79 #FFBFB6 #FFE4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#FF8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#FF8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF8A79

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF8A79	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69C77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.145 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffaea0',
    500: '#ff8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff8a79;
$custom-light: #ffaea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.612,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75802,
    "c": 0.14503,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF8A79

secondary

#D4F3F7

accent

#C8E600

background

#FFFAF9

surface

#FFF4F2

border

#D7CECC

text

#19100E

muted

#877F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF8A79

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

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