HEX atlas value

#FEC8B9

#FEC8B9 is a warm red HEX color close to Apricot. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 254, 200, 185, HSL 13, 97%, 86%, has luminance 0.6588, and belongs to the light and pastel groups.

red warm light pastel

#FEC8B9 Sample readable text

HEX #FEC8B9

RGB rgb(254, 200, 185)

HSL hsl(13 97% 86%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 21, 27, 0)

Luminance 0.6588

Contrast Black 14.18:1White 1.48:1

CSS

--color-fec8b9: #FEC8B9;
.background-fec8b9 { background-color: #FEC8B9; }
.text-fec8b9 { color: #FEC8B9; }

Luminance0.6588

Black text14.18:1AA Pass

White text1.48:1AA 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":"#FEC8B9","rgb":[254,200,185],"hsl":[13,97,86],"cmyk":[0,21,27,0],"luminance":0.6588,"contrast":{"black":14.18,"white":1.48}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":14.18,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.48,"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":"#FEEAB9","hex":"#FEEAB9","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.68,"contrastWhite":1.19,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#B9EFFE","hex":"#B9EFFE","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.84,"contrastWhite":1.25,"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":"#F6CCC1","hex":"#F6CCC1","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.33,"contrastWhite":1.47,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","light","pastel","light red","pastel red","Apricot 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/fec8b9.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/apricot.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/melon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/baby-pink.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B9EFFE","analogous":["#FEB9CC","#FEEAB9"],"triadic":["#B9FEC8","#C8B9FE"],"tetradic":["#CCFEB9","#B9EFFE","#EAB9FE"],"splitComplementary":["#B9FEEA","#B9CCFE"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#FEC8B9","#FD815E"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#FD815E","saturated":"#FFC7B8","desaturated":"#F6CCC1","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFE7E0"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"apricot","name":"Apricot","hex":"#FBCEB1","distance":10.44030650891055},{"slug":"melon","name":"Melon","hex":"#FDBCB4","distance":13.038404810405298},{"slug":"baby-pink","name":"Baby Pink","hex":"#F4C2C2","distance":14.730919862656235},{"slug":"feldspar","name":"Feldspar","hex":"#F0CDB7","distance":15},{"slug":"morganite","name":"Morganite","hex":"#F5C6C6","distance":15.937377450509228}]

HEX meaning and use

About #FEC8B9

#FEC8B9 is classified as a warm red value with light and pastel visual character. #FEC8B9 is visually closest to Apricot, a named orange color with HEX #FBCEB1.

The RGB channels are 254, 200, and 185, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 13deg with 97% saturation and 86% 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 0.6588, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 10.44, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text14.18:1AA Pass

White text1.48:1AA Fail

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

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FEC8B9 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000014.18:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.48:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#000000 text · best 21:1#FFFFFF

#FEEAB9#000000 text · best 17.68:1#FEEAB9

#B9EFFE#000000 text · best 16.84:1#B9EFFE

Apricot#000000 text · best 14.57:1#FBCEB1

#F6CCC1#000000 text · best 14.33:1#F6CCC1

Generated Palette

#FEC8B9#FEC8B9

#B9EFFE#B9EFFE

#FEB9CC#FEB9CC

#FEEAB9#FEEAB9

White#FFFFFF

#FD815E#FD815E

Color Harmonies

#B9EFFE#B9EFFE

#FEB9CC#FEB9CC

#FEEAB9#FEEAB9

#B9FEC8#B9FEC8

#C8B9FE#C8B9FE

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#FD815E#FD815E

#FFC7B8#FFC7B8

#F6CCC1#F6CCC1

White#FFFFFF

#FFE7E0#FFE7E0

Nearest Named Colors

Apricot#FBCEB1

Melon#FDBCB4

Baby Pink#F4C2C2

Feldspar#F0CDB7

Morganite#F5C6C6

#FEC8B9

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #FEC8B9

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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