HEX atlas value

#FAE6E6

#FAE6E6 is a warm red HEX color nearest Misty Rose. RGB 250, 230, 230, HSL 0° 67% 94%, luminance 0.8263; view contrast and conversions.

red warm light

#FAE6E6 Sample readable text

HEX #FAE6E6

RGB rgb(250, 230, 230)

HSL hsl(0 67% 94%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 8, 8, 2)

Luminance 0.8263

Contrast Black 17.53:1White 1.2:1

CSS

--color-fae6e6: #FAE6E6;
.background-fae6e6 { background-color: #FAE6E6; }
.text-fae6e6 { color: #FAE6E6; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FAE6E6

#FAE6E6 is classified as a warm red value with light visual character. #FAE6E6 is visually closest to Misty Rose, a named red color with HEX #FFE4E1.

The RGB channels are 250, 230, and 230, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 0deg with 67% 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 0.8263, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 7.35, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text17.53:1AA Pass

White text1.2:1AA Fail

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

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

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FAE6E6 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000017.53:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.2:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #E5FAFA#E5FAFA · #000000 text · best 19.39:1 Linen White#FAF0E6 · #000000 text · best 18.67:1 #FAF0E5#FAF0E5 · #000000 text · best 18.66:1 Marble White#F2F0E6 · #000000 text · best 18.38:1

Generated Palette

#FAE6E6#FAE6E6

#E5FAFA#E5FAFA

#FAE5F0#FAE5F0

#FAF0E5#FAF0E5

White#FFFFFF

#EB9999#EB9999

Color Harmonies

#E5FAFA#E5FAFA

#FAE5F0#FAE5F0

#FAF0E5#FAF0E5

#E5FAE5#E5FAE5

#E5E5FA#E5E5FA

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#EB9999#EB9999

#FDE2E2#FDE2E2

#F7E9E9#F7E9E9

White#FFFFFF

Nearest Named Colors

Misty Rose#FFE4E1

Powder Pink#FDDDE6

Linen#FAF0E6

Linen White#FAF0E6

Marble White#F2F0E6

Luminance0.8263

Black text17.53:1AA Pass

White text1.2:1AA 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":"#FAE6E6","rgb":[250,230,230],"hsl":[0,67,94],"cmyk":[0,8,8,2],"luminance":0.8263,"contrast":{"black":17.53,"white":1.2}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":17.53,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.2,"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":"#E5FAFA","hex":"#E5FAFA","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.39,"contrastWhite":1.08,"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":"#FAF0E5","hex":"#FAF0E5","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":18.66,"contrastWhite":1.13,"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","Misty Rose 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/fae6e6.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/misty-rose.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/powder-pink.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/linen.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#E5FAFA","analogous":["#FAE5F0","#FAF0E5"],"triadic":["#E5FAE5","#E5E5FA"],"tetradic":["#F0FAE5","#E5FAFA","#F0E5FA"],"splitComplementary":["#E5FAF0","#E5F0FA"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#FAE6E6","#EB9999"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#EB9999","saturated":"#FDE2E2","desaturated":"#F7E9E9","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"misty-rose","name":"Misty Rose","hex":"#FFE4E1","distance":7.3484692283495345},{"slug":"powder-pink","name":"Powder Pink","hex":"#FDDDE6","distance":9.486832980505138},{"slug":"linen","name":"Linen","hex":"#FAF0E6","distance":10},{"slug":"linen-white","name":"Linen White","hex":"#FAF0E6","distance":10},{"slug":"marble-white","name":"Marble White","hex":"#F2F0E6","distance":12.806248474865697}]

#FAE6E6

CSS

About #FAE6E6

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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