#FFA8A8#FFA8A8

#FFA8A8 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.103 H 19.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFA8A8
RGB	rgb(255, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(0, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 34.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, 32.04, 13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 34.68, 22.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% 0.0972 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.103 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.3128, 52.0969, 43.8119)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFA8A8 #A8FFFF

analogous

#FFA8D3 #FFA8A8 #FFD3A8

triadic

#FFA8A8 #A8FFA8 #A8A8FF

tetradic

#FFA8A8 #D3FFA8 #A8FFFF #D3A8FF

square

#FFA8A8 #D3FFA8 #A8FFFF #D3A8FF

split-complementary

#FFA8A8 #A8FFD3 #A8D3FF

monochromatic

#FF2E2E #FF6B6B #FFA8A8 #FFE0E0 #FFE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#FFA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#FFA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFA8A8

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFA8A8	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC6A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffa8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.103 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc2c1',
    500: '#ffa8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffa8a8;
$custom-light: #ffc2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffa8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81687,
    "c": 0.10316,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFA8A8

secondary

#67E4E4

accent

#E5E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F9

border

#D7D2D2

text

#181212

muted

#868282

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFA8A8

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

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