#FF9997#FF9997

#FF9997 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.123 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF9997
RGB	rgb(255, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(1, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(1, 41%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 40.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.73, 37.88, 17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.73, 41.73, 24.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% 0.1143 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.123 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.2201, 46.2818, 35.1392)
Luminance	0.4628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF9997 #97FDFF

analogous

#FF97C9 #FF9997 #FFCD97

triadic

#FF9997 #97FF99 #9997FF

tetradic

#FF9997 #C9FF97 #97FDFF #CD97FF

square

#FF9997 #C9FF97 #97FDFF #CD97FF

split-complementary

#FF9997 #97FFCD #97C9FF

monochromatic

#FF211D #FF5D5A #FF9997 #FFD5D4 #FFE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#FF9997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#FF9997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF9997

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF9997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF9997	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BD95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff9997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.123 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb8b5',
    500: '#ff9997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff9997;
$custom-light: #ffb8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff9997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.154,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78798,
    "c": 0.12279,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF9997

secondary

#D4F7F7

accent

#E1E600

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#181111

muted

#868080

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF9997

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

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