#FAAE9D#FAAE9D

#FAAE9D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.093 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAE9D
RGB	rgb(250, 174, 157)
HSL	hsl(11, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(11, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 37.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, 25.74, 19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 32.55, 37.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% 0.078 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.093 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.6485, 53.0345, 38.9341)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAE9D #9DE9FA

analogous

#FA9DBA #FAAE9D #FADD9D

triadic

#FAAE9D #9DFAAE #AE9DFA

tetradic

#FAAE9D #BAFA9D #9DE9FA #DD9DFA

square

#FAAE9D #BAFA9D #9DE9FA #DD9DFA

split-complementary

#FAAE9D #9DFADD #9DBAFA

monochromatic

#F44E29 #F77E63 #FAAE9D #FDDED7 #FEE7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#FAAE9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#FAAE9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAE9D

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAE9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAE9D	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faae9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 174, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.093 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec6ba',
    500: '#faae9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faae9d;
$custom-light: #fec6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faae9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.968,
    "s": 90.291,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81917,
    "c": 0.09313,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAE9D

secondary

#60C5DB

accent

#BCE600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAE9D

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

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