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#F2ADA9 — Light Red

#F2ADA9 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 #F2ADA9 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.

#F2ADA9 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 #ABEFF2; it also sits naturally between #F2ABCB and #F2D2AB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F2ADA9 · RGB 242, 173, 169

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Color values

HEX#F2ADA9
RGB242, 173, 169
HSL3°, 74%, 81%
HSV3°, 30%, 95%
CMYK0%, 29%, 30%, 5%
XYZ58.72, 51.63, 44.41
Yxy51.63, 0.3794, 0.3336
CIE-Lab77.06, 24.74, 12.13
Hunter Lab71.85, 24.36, 10.12

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 95% · Green 68% · Blue 66%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 29% · Yellow 30% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F2ADA9 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F2ADA9 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F2ADA9

.text { color: #F2ADA9; }
.background { background-color: #F2ADA9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F2ADA9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(242, 173, 169); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(3, 74%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F2ADA9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(242, 173, 169, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F2ADA9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(242, 173, 169, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F2ADA9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F2ADA9">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F2ADA9

#ED8C87#E86F68#E34D45#DE2B21#BF251D#9B1E17#781712#54100D#350A08#120303

Tints of #F2ADA9

#F4B7B4#F4BBB8#F6C4C1#F6C8C5#F8D0CE#F8D5D3#FADDDC#FAE1E0#FCEAE9#FCEEED

Tones of #F2ADA9

#EDB3B0#E8B7B5#E3BCBA#DEC1BF#D9C5C4#D4CAC9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABEFF2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.85:1 Fails
Against black text11.33:1 AAA

Best text color on #F2ADA9: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F2ADA9

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 #F2ADA9: ·

How #F2ADA9 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D4D4AADeuteranopia · #D8DDAATritanopia · #EFABAB

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 #F2ADA9 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ddf3f5
#DDF3F5 · #A6DCEF · #F2AAAA · #E36387
Palette Fbc6a4
#FBC6A4 · #F4A9A8 · #CE97B0 · #AFB9C8
Frozen Ruby Monsoon
#18A2CD · #73EEEE · #EC7F5D · #EFB1A9
Palette Dddddd
#DDDDDD · #FAB7B7 · #F5A8A8 · #E19999
Palette 9cf196
#9CF196 · #ECEBA7 · #EBCE95 · #EDAAAA
Honey Ruby Meadow
#179A8D · #37E2C2 · #D51F31 · #EDADAD

Similar colors

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

#F2AAAA#F4A9A8#EFB1A9#F5A8A8#EDAAAA#EDADAD#F7ADAD#ECAFAC#F5AFAF#F0B4A8#EDB1AE#EEA5A6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F2ADA8  ·  #F2ADAA →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F2ADA9?

#F2ADA9 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 242, 173, 169). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F2ADA9?

#F2ADA9 is RGB 242, 173, 169 — HSL 3°, 74%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 29%, 30%, 5%.

What colors go with #F2ADA9?

Its complement is #ABEFF2; analogous partners are #F2ABCB and #F2D2AB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F2ADA9 for text?

Black text on #F2ADA9 has a contrast ratio of 11.33:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.85:1.