HEX atlas value

#FABCA8

#FABCA8 is a warm orange HEX color close to Pastel Coral. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 250, 188, 168, HSL 15, 89%, 82%, has luminance 0.5912, and belongs to the pastel group.

orange warm pastel

#FABCA8 Sample readable text

HEX #FABCA8

RGB rgb(250, 188, 168)

HSL hsl(15 89% 82%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 25, 33, 2)

Luminance 0.5912

Contrast Black 12.82:1White 1.64:1

CSS

--color-fabca8: #FABCA8;
.background-fabca8 { background-color: #FABCA8; }
.text-fabca8 { color: #FABCA8; }

Luminance0.5912

Black text12.82:1AA Pass

White text1.64:1AA 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":"#FABCA8","rgb":[250,188,168],"hsl":[15,89,82],"cmyk":[0,25,33,2],"luminance":0.5912,"contrast":{"black":12.82,"white":1.64}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":12.82,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.64,"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":"#FAE6A8","hex":"#FAE6A8","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.95,"contrastWhite":1.24,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#A8E6FA","hex":"#A8E6FA","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.36,"contrastWhite":1.37,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Apricot","hex":"#FBCEB1","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.57,"contrastWhite":1.44,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Desert Sand","hex":"#EDC9AF","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.57,"contrastWhite":1.55,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","pastel","pastel orange","Pastel Coral adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/fabca8.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-coral.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/melon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/desert-sand.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#A8E6FA","analogous":["#FAA8BD","#FAE6A8"],"triadic":["#A8FABD","#BDA8FA"],"tetradic":["#BDFAA8","#A8E6FA","#E6A8FA"],"splitComplementary":["#A8FAE6","#A8BDFA"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#FABCA8","#F57A51"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#F57A51","saturated":"#FFBAA3","desaturated":"#F0C2B2","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFD9CC"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pastel-coral","name":"Pastel Coral","hex":"#FFB3A7","distance":10.344080432788601},{"slug":"melon","name":"Melon","hex":"#FDBCB4","distance":12.36931687685298},{"slug":"desert-sand","name":"Desert Sand","hex":"#EDC9AF","distance":19.672315572906},{"slug":"apricot","name":"Apricot","hex":"#FBCEB1","distance":20.149441679609886},{"slug":"soft-coral","name":"Soft Coral","hex":"#F7A8A8","distance":20.223748416156685}]

HEX meaning and use

About #FABCA8

#FABCA8 is classified as a warm orange value with pastel visual character. #FABCA8 is visually closest to Pastel Coral, a named red color with HEX #FFB3A7.

The RGB channels are 250, 188, and 168, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 15deg with 89% saturation and 82% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.5912, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 10.34, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text12.82:1AA Pass

White text1.64:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FABCA8 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000012.82:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.64:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

#FAE6A8#000000 text · best 16.95:1#FAE6A8

#A8E6FA#000000 text · best 15.36:1#A8E6FA

Apricot#000000 text · best 14.57:1#FBCEB1

Desert Sand#000000 text · best 13.57:1#EDC9AF

Generated Palette

#FABCA8#FABCA8

#A8E6FA#A8E6FA

#FAA8BD#FAA8BD

#FAE6A8#FAE6A8

White#FFFFFF

#F57A51#F57A51

Color Harmonies

#A8E6FA#A8E6FA

#FAA8BD#FAA8BD

#FAE6A8#FAE6A8

#A8FABD#A8FABD

#BDA8FA#BDA8FA

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#F57A51#F57A51

#FFBAA3#FFBAA3

#F0C2B2#F0C2B2

White#FFFFFF

#FFD9CC#FFD9CC

Nearest Named Colors

Pastel Coral#FFB3A7

Melon#FDBCB4

Desert Sand#EDC9AF

Apricot#FBCEB1

Soft Coral#F7A8A8

#FABCA8

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #FABCA8

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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