HEX atlas value

#F9D5D2

#F9D5D2 is a warm red HEX color nearest Pastel Pink. RGB 249, 213, 210, HSL 5° 76% 90%, luminance 0.7238; view contrast and conversions.

red warm light pastel

#F9D5D2 Sample readable text

HEX #F9D5D2

RGB rgb(249, 213, 210)

HSL hsl(5 76% 90%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 14, 16, 2)

Luminance 0.7238

Contrast Black 15.48:1White 1.36:1

CSS

--color-f9d5d2: #F9D5D2;
.background-f9d5d2 { background-color: #F9D5D2; }
.text-f9d5d2 { color: #F9D5D2; }

HEX meaning and use

About #F9D5D2

#F9D5D2 is classified as a warm red value with light and pastel visual character. #F9D5D2 is visually closest to Pastel Pink, a named red color with HEX #FFD1DC.

The RGB channels are 249, 213, and 210, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 5deg with 76% saturation and 90% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.7238, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 12.33, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text15.48:1AA Pass

White text1.36:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F9D5D2 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000015.48:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.36:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #D2F6F9#D2F6F9 · #000000 text · best 18.29:1 #F9E9D2#F9E9D2 · #000000 text · best 17.61:1 Champagne#F7E7CE · #000000 text · best 17.28:1 Vellum#EFE3C8 · #000000 text · best 16.49:1

Generated Palette

#F9D5D2#F9D5D2

#D2F6F9#D2F6F9

#F9D2E2#F9D2E2

#F9E9D2#F9E9D2

White#FFFFFF

#EE8A81#EE8A81

Color Harmonies

#D2F6F9#D2F6F9

#F9D2E2#F9D2E2

#F9E9D2#F9E9D2

#D2F9D5#D2F9D5

#D5D2F9#D5D2F9

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#EE8A81#EE8A81

#FED1CD#FED1CD

#F3DAD8#F3DAD8

White#FFFFFF

#FFF6F5#FFF6F5

Nearest Named Colors

Pastel Pink#FFD1DC

Quartz#E7D9D1

Champagne#F7E7CE

Morganite#F5C6C6

Vellum#EFE3C8

Luminance0.7238

Black text15.48:1AA Pass

White text1.36:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#F9D5D2","rgb":[249,213,210],"hsl":[5,76,90],"cmyk":[0,14,16,2],"luminance":0.7238,"contrast":{"black":15.48,"white":1.36}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":15.48,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.36,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#D2F6F9","hex":"#D2F6F9","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.29,"contrastWhite":1.15,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F9E9D2","hex":"#F9E9D2","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.61,"contrastWhite":1.19,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Champagne","hex":"#F7E7CE","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.28,"contrastWhite":1.22,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Vellum","hex":"#EFE3C8","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.49,"contrastWhite":1.27,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","light","pastel","light red","pastel red","Pastel Pink adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","light surfaces","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/f9d5d2.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-pink.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/quartz.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/champagne.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#D2F6F9","analogous":["#F9D2E2","#F9E9D2"],"triadic":["#D2F9D5","#D5D2F9"],"tetradic":["#E2F9D2","#D2F6F9","#E9D2F9"],"splitComplementary":["#D2F9E9","#D2E2F9"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F9D5D2","#EE8A81"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#EE8A81","saturated":"#FED1CD","desaturated":"#F3DAD8","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFF6F5"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pastel-pink","name":"Pastel Pink","hex":"#FFD1DC","distance":12.328828005937952},{"slug":"quartz","name":"Quartz","hex":"#E7D9D1","distance":18.466185312619388},{"slug":"champagne","name":"Champagne","hex":"#F7E7CE","distance":18.547236990991408},{"slug":"morganite","name":"Morganite","hex":"#F5C6C6","distance":19.621416870348583},{"slug":"vellum","name":"Vellum","hex":"#EFE3C8","distance":19.8997487421324}]

#F9D5D2

CSS

About #F9D5D2

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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