#ffb8ae

Color #ffb8ae

A vivid, highly saturated very light red.

Closest named color Light Pink #ffb6c1 · ΔE 10.85 Nearest Tailwind class red-200 #ffc9c9 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#ffb8ae

RGB

rgb(255, 184, 174)

HSL

hsl(7.4, 100%, 84.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(7.4, 31.8%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 31.8%, 0%)

LAB

lab(81.07, 24.4, 15.29)

LCH

lch(81.07, 28.79, 32.07)

OKLCH

oklch(84.6%, 0.0842, 27.96)

HWB

hwb(7.4, 68.2%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aef5ff

Analogous

#ffaecc

#ffb8ae

#ffe0ae

Triadic

#ffb8ae

#aeffb8

#b8aeff

Split-complementary

#ffb8ae

#aeffe0

#aeccff

Tetradic

#ffb8ae

#f5ffae

#aef5ff

#b8aeff

Square

#ffb8ae

#ccffae

#aef5ff

#e0aeff

Shades

Color #ffb8ae mixed toward black.

#ff7966

#ff3b1f

#d61a00

#8f1200

#470900

Tints

Color #ffb8ae mixed toward white.

#ffc4bb

#ffd0c9

#ffdbd6

#ffe7e4

#fff3f1

Tones

Color #ffb8ae mixed toward gray.

#f8bdb5

#f1c2bb

#ebc7c2

#e4ccc9

#ddd1d0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.72:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.72:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e4e3b0 · ΔE 29.5

Deuteranopia

#e8edb1 · ΔE 32.4

Tritanopia

#fcb2b3 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 20.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #ffb8ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ffb8ae]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#ffb8ae (#ffb8ae) is rgb(255, 184, 174) in RGB.

No, #ffb8ae is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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