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#F2AAA4 — Light Red

#F2AAA4 is a red color we call Light Red, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #F2AAA4 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.

#F2AAA4 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A6ECF2; it also sits naturally between #F2A6C6 and #F2D2A6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F2AAA4 · RGB 242, 170, 164

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Color values

HEX#F2AAA4
RGB242, 170, 164
HSL5°, 75%, 80%
HSV5°, 32%, 95%
CMYK0%, 30%, 32%, 5%
XYZ57.69, 50.31, 41.79
Yxy50.31, 0.3852, 0.3358
CIE-Lab76.26, 25.69, 13.72
Hunter Lab70.93, 25.26, 11.27

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 95% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 30% · Yellow 32% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F2AAA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F2AAA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F2AAA4

.text { color: #F2AAA4; }
.background { background-color: #F2AAA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F2AAA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(242, 170, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(5, 75%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F2AAA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(242, 170, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F2AAA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(242, 170, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F2AAA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F2AAA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F2AAA4

#ED8B82#E96E63#E44D3F#DF3020#BB281B#982116#781A11#55120C#360B08#120403

Tints of #F2AAA4

#F4B4AF#F4B9B3#F5C1BC#F6C5C1#F7CDC9#F9D6D2#F9DAD7#FBE2E0#FBE6E4#FCEEED

Tones of #F2AAA4

#EDB1AB#E8B5B0#E2BAB6#DCBEBC#D7C3C1#D2C7C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A6ECF2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.90:1 Fails
Against black text11.06:1 AAA

Best text color on #F2AAA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F2AAA4

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 #F2AAA4: ·

How #F2AAA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D3D2A5Deuteranopia · #D7DCA6Tritanopia · #EEA7A7

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:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #F2AAA4 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fbc6a4
#FBC6A4 · #F4A9A8 · #CE97B0 · #AFB9C8
Palette Dddddd
#DDDDDD · #FAB7B7 · #F5A8A8 · #E19999
Palette Ddf3f5
#DDF3F5 · #A6DCEF · #F2AAAA · #E36387
Palette 8e7ab5
#8E7AB5 · #B784B7 · #E493B3 · #EEA5A6
Honey Garden
#1123C0 · #9920EB · #F26ECA · #F7A5A5
Palette 1a2a4f
#1A2A4F · #F7A5A5 · #FFDBB6 · #FFF2EF

Similar colors

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

#F4A9A8#F5A8A8#F2AAAA#EEA5A6#F7A5A5#ECA6A6#F7A4A4#EDAAAA#EFB1A9#E9A6A6#EAB1A3#EDADAD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F2AAA3  ·  #F2AAA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F2AAA4?

#F2AAA4 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 242, 170, 164). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F2AAA4?

#F2AAA4 is RGB 242, 170, 164 — HSL 5°, 75%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 30%, 32%, 5%.

What colors go with #F2AAA4?

Its complement is #A6ECF2; analogous partners are #F2A6C6 and #F2D2A6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F2AAA4 for text?

Black text on #F2AAA4 has a contrast ratio of 11.06:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.90:1.