#FAAE9B#FAAE9B

#FAAE9B is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.094 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAE9B
RGB	rgb(250, 174, 155)
HSL	hsl(12, 90%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(12, 38%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 38%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, 25.51, 20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 33.01, 39.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% 0.0773 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.094 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.4791, 52.9668, 38.0422)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAE9B #9BE7FA

analogous

#FA9BB8 #FAAE9B #FADE9B

triadic

#FAAE9B #9BFAAE #AE9BFA

tetradic

#FAAE9B #B8FA9B #9BE7FA #DE9BFA

square

#FAAE9B #B8FA9B #9BE7FA #DE9BFA

split-complementary

#FAAE9B #9BFADE #9BB8FA

monochromatic

#F45026 #F77F61 #FAAE9B #FDDDD5 #FEE7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#FAAE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#FAAE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAE9B

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAE9B	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faae9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 174, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.094 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec6b8',
    500: '#faae9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faae9b;
$custom-light: #fec6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faae9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81873,
    "c": 0.09386,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAE9B

secondary

#5EC2DB

accent

#B8E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAE9B

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

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