#FF9999#FF9999

#FF9999 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.123 H 20.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF9999
RGB	rgb(255, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(0, 100%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(0, 40%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 40%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, 38.09, 16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 41.50, 23.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% 0.1151 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.123 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.3839, 46.3473, 36.0018)
Luminance	0.4634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF9999 #99FFFF

analogous

#FF99CC #FF9999 #FFCC99

triadic

#FF9999 #99FF99 #9999FF

tetradic

#FF9999 #CCFF99 #99FFFF #CC99FF

square

#FF9999 #CCFF99 #99FFFF #CC99FF

split-complementary

#FF9999 #99FFCC #99CCFF

monochromatic

#FF1F1F #FF5C5C #FF9999 #FFD6D6 #FFE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#FF9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#FF9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF9999

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF9999	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.123 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb8b7',
    500: '#ff9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff9999;
$custom-light: #ffb8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78844,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF9999

secondary

#D4F7F7

accent

#E5E600

background

#FFFBFB

surface

#FFF6F6

border

#D7D0D0

text

#181111

muted

#868080

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF9999

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

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