#FFAE9F#FFAE9F

#FFAE9F is a very light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.098 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFAE9F
RGB	rgb(255, 174, 159)
HSL	hsl(9, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(9, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 37.6%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, 27.85, 19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 34.14, 35.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% 0.0843 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.098 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.6365, 54.0397, 39.9258)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFAE9F #9FF0FF

analogous

#FF9FC0 #FFAE9F #FFDE9F

triadic

#FFAE9F #9FFFAE #AE9FFF

tetradic

#FFAE9F #C0FF9F #9FF0FF #DE9FFF

square

#FFAE9F #C0FF9F #9FF0FF #DE9FFF

split-complementary

#FFAE9F #9FFFDE #9FC0FF

monochromatic

#FF4725 #FF7A62 #FFAE9F #FFE2DC #FFE5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#FFAE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#FFAE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFAE9F

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFAE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFAE9F	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B89E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C99E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffae9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 174, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.098 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffc6bb',
    500: '#ffae9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffae9f;
$custom-light: #ffc6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffae9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.375,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82507,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFAE9F

secondary

#5FCEE3

accent

#C2E600

background

#FFFDFD

surface

#FFF9F8

border

#D7D2D1

text

#181311

muted

#868281

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFAE9F

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

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