HEX atlas value

#F08080

#F08080 is a warm red HEX color nearest Light Coral. RGB 240, 128, 128, HSL 0° 79% 72%, luminance 0.3552; view contrast and conversions.

red warm vibrant

#F08080 Sample readable text

HEX #F08080

RGB rgb(240, 128, 128)

HSL hsl(0 79% 72%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 47, 47, 6)

Luminance 0.3552

Contrast Black 8.1:1White 2.59:1

CSS

--color-f08080: #F08080;
.background-f08080 { background-color: #F08080; }
.text-f08080 { color: #F08080; }

HEX meaning and use

About #F08080

#F08080 is classified as a warm red value with vibrant visual character. #F08080 is visually closest to Light Coral, a named red color with HEX #F08080.

The RGB channels are 240, 128, and 128, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 0deg with 79% saturation and 72% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.3552, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.1:1AA Pass

White text2.59:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F08080 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.1:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.59:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#7FF0F0#7FF0F0 · #000000 text · best 15.62:1 #FAD1D1#FAD1D1 · #000000 text · best 15.11:1 #F0B87F#F0B87F · #000000 text · best 11.87:1 Dark Salmon#E9967A · #000000 text · best 9.11:1 #E08F8F#E08F8F · #000000 text · best 8.5:1

Generated Palette

Light Coral#F08080

#7FF0F0#7FF0F0

#F07FB8#F07FB8

#F0B87F#F0B87F

#FAD1D1#FAD1D1

#E62D2D#E62D2D

Color Harmonies

#7FF0F0#7FF0F0

#F07FB8#F07FB8

#F0B87F#F0B87F

#7FF07F#7FF07F

#7F7FF0#7F7FF0

Variants

#FAD1D1#FAD1D1

#E62D2D#E62D2D

#FF7070#FF7070

#E08F8F#E08F8F

#FCF2F2#FCF2F2

#FF9999#FF9999

Nearest Named Colors

Light Coral#F08080

Salmon#FA8072

Coral Reef#FD7C6E

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Watermelon#FC6C85

Luminance0.3552

Black text8.1:1AA Pass

White text2.59:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#F08080","rgb":[240,128,128],"hsl":[0,79,72],"cmyk":[0,47,47,6],"luminance":0.3552,"contrast":{"black":8.1,"white":2.59}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.1,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.59,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#7FF0F0","hex":"#7FF0F0","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.62,"contrastWhite":1.34,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FAD1D1","hex":"#FAD1D1","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.11,"contrastWhite":1.39,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F0B87F","hex":"#F0B87F","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.87,"contrastWhite":1.77,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.11,"contrastWhite":2.31,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#E08F8F","hex":"#E08F8F","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.5,"contrastWhite":2.47,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","vibrant","vibrant red","Light Coral adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/f08080.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-coral.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/coral-reef.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#7FF0F0","analogous":["#F07FB8","#F0B87F"],"triadic":["#7FF07F","#7F7FF0"],"tetradic":["#B8F07F","#7FF0F0","#B87FF0"],"splitComplementary":["#7FF0B8","#7FB8F0"],"monochromatic":["#FAD1D1","#F08080","#E62D2D"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FAD1D1","dark":"#E62D2D","saturated":"#FF7070","desaturated":"#E08F8F","pastel":"#FCF2F2","neon":"#FF9999"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"light-coral","name":"Light Coral","hex":"#F08080","distance":0},{"slug":"salmon","name":"Salmon","hex":"#FA8072","distance":17.204650534085253},{"slug":"coral-reef","name":"Coral Reef","hex":"#FD7C6E","distance":22.561028345356956},{"slug":"dark-salmon","name":"Dark Salmon","hex":"#E9967A","distance":23.853720883753127},{"slug":"watermelon","name":"Watermelon","hex":"#FC6C85","distance":23.853720883753127}]

#F08080

CSS

About #F08080

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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