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#F261FA — Light Vivid Pink

#F261FA is a pink color we call Light Vivid Pink, closest to the named color Violet (#EE82EE). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: violet (#EE82EE) — not an exact match. CSS violet gives you #EE82EE, a different color; use #F261FA when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#F261FA is a cool pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #68FA61; it also sits naturally between #A661FA and #FA61B5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F261FA · RGB 242, 97, 250

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Color values

HEX#F261FA
RGB242, 97, 250
HSL297°, 94%, 68%
HSV297°, 61%, 98%
CMYK3%, 61%, 0%, 2%
XYZ58.15, 34.33, 94.00
Yxy34.33, 0.3118, 0.1841
CIE-Lab65.22, 74.36, -50.40
Hunter Lab58.59, 78.98, -59.50

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 95% · Green 38% · Blue 98%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 61% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #F261FA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F261FA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F261FA

.text { color: #F261FA; }
.background { background-color: #F261FA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F261FA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(242, 97, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(297, 94%, 68%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F261FA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(242, 97, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F261FA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(242, 97, 250, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F261FA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F261FA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F261FA

#F043F9#ED20F8#E707F2#C606D0#A906B2#8D0594#6C0472#500354#2F0231#130114

Tints of #F261FA

#F470FB#F57EFB#F688FB#F797FC#F8A6FC#F9B5FD#FAC4FD#FBCEFD#FCDCFE#FDEBFE

Tones of #F261FA

#E96BEF#DF77E4#D581D9#CB8DCE#C197C3#B7A3B8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #68FA61:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.67:1 Fails
Against black text7.87:1 AAA

Best text color on #F261FA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F261FA

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #F261FA: ·

How #F261FA looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #B3B2D5Deuteranopia · #BCC6CCTritanopia · #EBB8B1

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #F261FA rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffea6c
#FFEA6C · #FFFBA7 · #FFA6FB · #FF61F8
Tranquil Dusk
#082028 · #F856F0 · #FA3552 · #FA2635
Frozen Dusk
#B30F90 · #F36FF2 · #29ED53 · #C7F7D2
Palette 332fd0
#332FD0 · #9254C8 · #E15FED · #6EDCD9
Golden Aurora
#7E41DA · #B958E2 · #EA56E8 · #DD33A6
Misty Tempest
#B115B9 · #E551EB · #21D519 · #A3ED9B

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#FF61F8#F856F0#F36FF2#E15FED#EA56E8#E551EB#DF4EF9#EC5BE0#E748F8#E173EE#DC53F1#FA4AEC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F261F9  ·  #F261FB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F261FA?

#F261FA is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 242, 97, 250). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F261FA?

#F261FA is RGB 242, 97, 250 — HSL 297°, 94%, 68% — CMYK 3%, 61%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #F261FA?

Its complement is #68FA61; analogous partners are #A661FA and #FA61B5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F261FA for text?

Black text on #F261FA has a contrast ratio of 7.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.67:1.