#FAAFAD#FAAFAD

#FAAFAD is a very light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.088 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAAFAD
RGB	rgb(250, 175, 173)
HSL	hsl(2, 89%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(2, 31%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 30.8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, 27.15, 12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 29.72, 23.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% 0.0826 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.088 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.2989, 54.0049, 46.6697)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAAFAD #ADF8FA

analogous

#FAADD2 #FAAFAD #FAD5AD

triadic

#FAAFAD #ADFAAF #AFADFA

tetradic

#FAAFAD #D2FAAD #ADF8FA #D5ADFA

square

#FAAFAD #D2FAAD #ADF8FA #D5ADFA

split-complementary

#FAAFAD #ADFAD5 #ADD2FA

monochromatic

#F33E3A #F67773 #FAAFAD #FDE3E2 #FDE3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#FAAFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#FAAFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAAFAD

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAAFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAAFAD	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faafad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 175, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.088 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdc7c5',
    500: '#faafad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faafad;
$custom-light: #fdc7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faafad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.558,
    "s": 88.506,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82469,
    "c": 0.08842,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAAFAD

secondary

#6EDADD

accent

#DFE500

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F9

border

#D7D2D2

text

#181312

muted

#868282

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAAFAD

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

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