#FAAE96#FAAE96

#FAAE96 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.096 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAE96
RGB	rgb(250, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(14, 91%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(14, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 40%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, 24.95, 23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 34.28, 43.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% 0.0753 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.096 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.0679, 52.8023, 35.8764)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAE96 #96E2FA

analogous

#FA96B0 #FAAE96 #FAE096

triadic

#FAAE96 #96FAAE #AE96FA

tetradic

#FAAE96 #B0FA96 #96E2FA #E096FA

square

#FAAE96 #B0FA96 #96E2FA #E096FA

split-complementary

#FAAE96 #96FAE0 #96B0FA

monochromatic

#F45421 #F7815C #FAAE96 #FDDBD0 #FEE8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#FAAE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#FAAE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAE96

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAE96	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.096 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec6b5',
    500: '#faae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faae96;
$custom-light: #fec6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.4,
    "s": 90.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81766,
    "c": 0.09591,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAE96

secondary

#5ABBDA

accent

#AEE600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAE96

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

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