Color specimenNo. 16281969

#F87171

Vivid Light Red

A deterministic reference card for #F87171. Every value, scheme, and snippet below is computed from the hex — no database, no guesswork.

RGB
248, 113, 113
HSL
0°, 91%, 71%
Text
Black on top

Tailwind CSS · red

tailwind · red 400

The Tailwind CSS utility classes bg-red-400, text-red-400, and friends all reference this hex value.

Scale context · red

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Class name
red-400
Hex
#F87171
Closest CSS named color
salmon
Full color breakdown
/color/f87171

Developer snippets

Copy-ready code

Every snippet below is generated from the hex — not a hand-maintained table.

Conversions

Same color, seven encodings

Nearest matches

Closest in other design systems

Accessibility

Contrast against white & black

On white

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #F87171 as the text color.

2.77:1
AA failAAA failLarge fail

Rating · Fail

On black

The quick brown fox

Jumps over the lazy dog. Testing readability of #F87171 as the text color.

7.59:1
AA passAAA passLarge pass

Rating · AAA

Recommendation

When using #F87171 as a background, pair it with #000000 text for the best WCAG contrast.

Contrast ratios only — one part of WCAG 2.1. Not a certification of accessibility or legal compliance.

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