#FF9979#FF9979

#FF9979 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.131 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF9979
RGB	rgb(255, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(14, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(14, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 52.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, 35.02, 33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 48.18, 43.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% 0.1028 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.131 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.0861, 45.4282, 23.9002)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF9979 #79DFFF

analogous

#FF799C #FF9979 #FFDC79

triadic

#FF9979 #79FF99 #9979FF

tetradic

#FF9979 #9CFF79 #79DFFF #DC79FF

square

#FF9979 #9CFF79 #79DFFF #DC79FF

split-complementary

#FF9979 #79FFDC #799CFF

monochromatic

#FE3D00 #FF6A3C #FF9979 #FFC8B6 #FFE8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#FF9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#FF9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF9979

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF9979	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.131 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb8a0',
    500: '#ff9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff9979;
$custom-light: #ffb8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.328,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78191,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF9979

secondary

#D4EFF7

accent

#AFE600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#19110E

muted

#87807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF9979

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

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