#FF9C8E#FF9C8E
#FF9C8E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.121 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #FF9C8E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(255, 156, 142) |
| HSL | hsl(7, 100%, 78%) |
| HSV | hsv(7, 44%, 100%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 44.3%, 0%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.19, 35.40, 23.08) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.19, 42.26, 33.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.09% 0.1061 0.0581) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.09% 0.121 28.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.0141, 46.9950, 31.6015) |
| Luminance | 0.4699 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Peachy Pink
#FF9A8A
ΔE00 0.84
Blush (survey)
#F29E8E
ΔE00 2.65
Light Salmon
#FEA993
ΔE00 4.28
Pale Salmon
#FFB19A
ΔE00 6.17
Salmon
#FA8072
ΔE00 6.44
Darksalmon
#E9967A
ΔE00 6.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#FF9C8E #8EF1FF
analogous
#FF8EB8 #FF9C8E #FFD58E
triadic
#FF9C8E #8EFF9C #9C8EFF
tetradic
#FF9C8E #B8FF8E #8EF1FF #D58EFF
square
#FF9C8E #B8FF8E #8EF1FF #D58EFF
split-complementary
#FF9C8E #8EFFD5 #8EB8FF
monochromatic
#FF3114 #FF6651 #FF9C8E #FFD2CB #FFE4E0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.02
#FF9C8E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.40
#FF9C8E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #FF9C8E
10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##FF9C8E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##FF9C8E | 1.00 | 2.02 | 10.40 | 10.40 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.02 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2AA8D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CABE8D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8E99
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ff9c8e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 156, 142); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.121 28.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ffbaaf',
500: '#ff9c8e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ff9c8e; $custom-light: #ffbaaf; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ff9c8e",
"rgb": {
"r": 255,
"g": 156,
"b": 142
},
"hsl": {
"h": 7.434,
"s": 100,
"l": 77.843
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7909,
"c": 0.12102,
"h": 28.7
},
"luminance": 0.4699
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#FF9C8E
secondary
#D4F3F7
accent
#C9E600
background
#FFFBFA
surface
#FFF6F4
border
#D7D0CE
text
#191210
muted
#87817F