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#F3AAA2 — Light Red

#F3AAA2 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 #F3AAA2 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.

#F3AAA2 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 #A0EAF3; it also sits naturally between #F3A0C1 and #F3D2A0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F3AAA2 · RGB 243, 170, 162

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Color values

HEX#F3AAA2
RGB243, 170, 162
HSL6°, 77%, 79%
HSV6°, 33%, 95%
CMYK0%, 30%, 33%, 5%
XYZ57.86, 50.41, 40.86
Yxy50.41, 0.3880, 0.3380
CIE-Lab76.32, 25.81, 14.91
Hunter Lab71.00, 25.39, 12.16

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 95% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 30% · Yellow 33% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F3AAA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F3AAA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F3AAA2

.text { color: #F3AAA2; }
.background { background-color: #F3AAA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F3AAA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(243, 170, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 77%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F3AAA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(243, 170, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F3AAA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(243, 170, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F3AAA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F3AAA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F3AAA2

#EF8C81#EA6B5D#E64E3D#DD301D#BE2919#992114#7A1A10#56130B#360C07#120402

Tints of #F3AAA2

#F4B1A9#F4B5AE#F6BDB7#F7C5C0#F8CEC9#F9D2CD#FADAD6#FBE2DF#FBE6E4#FDEFED

Tones of #F3AAA2

#EDADA6#E7B2AC#E1B7B2#DBBBB8#D5C0BE#CFC5C4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A0EAF3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.89:1 Fails
Against black text11.08:1 AAA

Best text color on #F3AAA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F3AAA2

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 #F3AAA2: ·

How #F3AAA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D3D3A4Deuteranopia · #D8DDA4Tritanopia · #EFA5A6

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 #F3AAA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fbc6a4
#FBC6A4 · #F4A9A8 · #CE97B0 · #AFB9C8
Palette Dddddd
#DDDDDD · #FAB7B7 · #F5A8A8 · #E19999
Honey Garden
#1123C0 · #9920EB · #F26ECA · #F7A5A5
Palette 1a2a4f
#1A2A4F · #F7A5A5 · #FFDBB6 · #FFF2EF
Palette 5d688a
#5D688A · #F7A5A5 · #FFDBB6 · #FFF2EF
Palette F7a4a4
#F7A4A4 · #FEBE8C · #FFFBC1 · #B6E2A1

Similar colors

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

#F4A9A8#F5A8A8#F7A5A5#F7A4A4#F2AAAA#EEA5A6#ECA6A6#EDAAAA#EFB09B#F6AE99#EFB1A9#FDAB9E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F3AAA1  ·  #F3AAA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F3AAA2?

#F3AAA2 is Light Red, a red color (RGB 243, 170, 162). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F3AAA2?

#F3AAA2 is RGB 243, 170, 162 — HSL 6°, 77%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 30%, 33%, 5%.

What colors go with #F3AAA2?

Its complement is #A0EAF3; analogous partners are #F3A0C1 and #F3D2A0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F3AAA2 for text?

Black text on #F3AAA2 has a contrast ratio of 11.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.89:1.