HEX atlas value

#F9E8E7

#F9E8E7 is a warm red HEX color nearest Linen. RGB 249, 232, 231, HSL 3° 60% 94%, luminance 0.8362; view contrast and conversions.

red warm light

#F9E8E7 Sample readable text

HEX #F9E8E7

RGB rgb(249, 232, 231)

HSL hsl(3 60% 94%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 7, 7, 2)

Luminance 0.8362

Contrast Black 17.72:1White 1.18:1

CSS

--color-f9e8e7: #F9E8E7;
.background-f9e8e7 { background-color: #F9E8E7; }
.text-f9e8e7 { color: #F9E8E7; }

HEX meaning and use

About #F9E8E7

#F9E8E7 is classified as a warm red value with light visual character. #F9E8E7 is visually closest to Linen, a named orange color with HEX #FAF0E6.

The RGB channels are 249, 232, and 231, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 3deg with 60% saturation and 94% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-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 light surfaces. Its luminance is 0.8362, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 8.12, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text17.72:1AA Pass

White text1.18:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F9E8E7 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000017.72:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.18:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #E7F8F9#E7F8F9 · #000000 text · best 19.19:1 #F9F1E7#F9F1E7 · #000000 text · best 18.76:1 Linen White#FAF0E6 · #000000 text · best 18.67:1 Marble White#F2F0E6 · #000000 text · best 18.38:1

Generated Palette

#F9E8E7#F9E8E7

#E7F8F9#E7F8F9

#F9E7EF#F9E7EF

#F9F1E7#F9F1E7

White#FFFFFF

#E7A19D#E7A19D

Color Harmonies

#E7F8F9#E7F8F9

#F9E7EF#F9E7EF

#F9F1E7#F9F1E7

#E7F9E7#E7F9E7

#E7E7F9#E7E7F9

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#E7A19D#E7A19D

#FCE4E3#FCE4E3

#F6EAEA#F6EAEA

White#FFFFFF

Nearest Named Colors

Linen#FAF0E6

Linen White#FAF0E6

Misty Rose#FFE4E1

Marble White#F2F0E6

Powder Pink#FDDDE6

Luminance0.8362

Black text17.72:1AA Pass

White text1.18:1AA 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":"#F9E8E7","rgb":[249,232,231],"hsl":[3,60,94],"cmyk":[0,7,7,2],"luminance":0.8362,"contrast":{"black":17.72,"white":1.18}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":17.72,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.18,"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":"#E7F8F9","hex":"#E7F8F9","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.19,"contrastWhite":1.09,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F9F1E7","hex":"#F9F1E7","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.76,"contrastWhite":1.12,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Linen White","hex":"#FAF0E6","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.67,"contrastWhite":1.12,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Marble White","hex":"#F2F0E6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.38,"contrastWhite":1.14,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","light","light red","Linen adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","light surfaces","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/f9e8e7.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/linen.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/linen-white.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/misty-rose.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#E7F8F9","analogous":["#F9E7EF","#F9F1E7"],"triadic":["#E7F9E7","#E7E7F9"],"tetradic":["#EFF9E7","#E7F8F9","#F1E7F9"],"splitComplementary":["#E7F9F1","#E7EFF9"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F9E8E7","#E7A19D"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#E7A19D","saturated":"#FCE4E3","desaturated":"#F6EAEA","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"linen","name":"Linen","hex":"#FAF0E6","distance":8.12403840463596},{"slug":"linen-white","name":"Linen White","hex":"#FAF0E6","distance":8.12403840463596},{"slug":"misty-rose","name":"Misty Rose","hex":"#FFE4E1","distance":9.38083151964686},{"slug":"marble-white","name":"Marble White","hex":"#F2F0E6","distance":10.677078252031311},{"slug":"powder-pink","name":"Powder Pink","hex":"#FDDDE6","distance":11.74734012447073}]

#F9E8E7

CSS

About #F9E8E7

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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