#FAAE9F#FAAE9F

#FAAE9F is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.092 H 31.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAE9F
RGB	rgb(250, 174, 159)
HSL	hsl(10, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(10, 36%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 36.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, 25.97, 18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 32.12, 36.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% 0.0788 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.092 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.8206, 53.1034, 39.8407)
Luminance	0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAE9F #9FEBFA

analogous

#FA9FBD #FAAE9F #FADB9F

triadic

#FAAE9F #9FFAAE #AE9FFA

tetradic

#FAAE9F #BDFA9F #9FEBFA #DB9FFA

square

#FAAE9F #BDFA9F #9FEBFA #DB9FFA

split-complementary

#FAAE9F #9FFADB #9FBDFA

monochromatic

#F44C2B #F77D65 #FAAE9F #FDDFD9 #FDE6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#FAAE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#FAAE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAE9F

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAE9F	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB89E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faae9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 174, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.092 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fec6bb',
    500: '#faae9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faae9f;
$custom-light: #fec6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faae9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.89,
    "s": 90.099,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81962,
    "c": 0.09246,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAE9F

secondary

#62C7DB

accent

#C0E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAE9F

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

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