#FAE8E6#FAE8E6

#FAE8E6 is a very light, near-neutral red. Relative luminance 0.838; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.020 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAE8E6
RGB	rgb(250, 232, 230)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 94%)
HSV	hsv(6, 8%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 8%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.34, 5.77, 3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.34, 6.58, 28.81°)
OKLab	oklab(94.48% 0.018 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(94.48% 0.02 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(82.5624, 83.7515, 86.6639)
Luminance	0.8375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAE8E6 #E6F8FA

analogous

#FAE6EE #FAE8E6 #FAF2E6

triadic

#FAE8E6 #E6FAE8 #E8E6FA

tetradic

#FAE8E6 #EEFAE6 #E6F8FA #F2E6FA

square

#FAE8E6 #EEFAE6 #E6F8FA #F2E6FA

split-complementary

#FAE8E6 #E6FAF2 #E6EEFA

monochromatic

#E68A80 #F0B9B3 #FAE8E5 #FAE8E5 #FAE8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAE8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.75

#FAE8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAE8E6

17.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAE8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAE8E6	1.00	1.18	17.75	17.75
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBEAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFEDE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE6E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fae8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 232, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.020 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fcefed',
    500: '#fae8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fae8e6;
$custom-light: #fcefed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fae8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 94.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9448,
    "c": 0.01988,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.8375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAE8E6

secondary

#A6D9DF

accent

#BCCF17

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FFFEFD

border

#D7D6D5

text

#171616

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAE8E6

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

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