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#F4AAA3 — Light Vivid Red

#F4AAA3 is a red color we call Light Vivid 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 #F4AAA3 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.

#F4AAA3 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 #A4EEF4; it also sits naturally between #F4A4C5 and #F4D3A4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F4AAA3 · RGB 244, 170, 163

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Color values

HEX#F4AAA3
RGB244, 170, 163
HSL5°, 79%, 80%
HSV5°, 33%, 96%
CMYK0%, 30%, 33%, 4%
XYZ58.29, 50.63, 41.35
Yxy50.63, 0.3879, 0.3369
CIE-Lab76.45, 26.31, 14.57
Hunter Lab71.15, 25.93, 11.92

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 96% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 30% · Yellow 33% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F4AAA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F4AAA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F4AAA3

.text { color: #F4AAA3; }
.background { background-color: #F4AAA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F4AAA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(244, 170, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(5, 79%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F4AAA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(244, 170, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F4AAA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(244, 170, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F4AAA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F4AAA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F4AAA3

#F0897F#EC6B5F#E8493B#E42C1B#C02516#9B1E12#7B180E#57110A#370A06#120302

Tints of #F4AAA3

#F5B3AD#F6B7B1#F7C0BB#F8C4BF#F9CCC8#FAD5D1#FAD9D6#FBE1DF#FCE6E4#FDEEED

Tones of #F4AAA3

#EFAFA9#E9B4AF#E3B9B5#DDBEBB#D8C2C0#D2C7C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A4EEF4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.89:1 Fails
Against black text11.13:1 AAA

Best text color on #F4AAA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F4AAA3

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 #F4AAA3: ·

How #F4AAA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D4D3A5Deuteranopia · #D8DEA5Tritanopia · #F0A6A6

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 #F4AAA3 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#FDAB9E#EFB1A9#F7ADAD#F6AE99

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F4AAA2  ·  #F4AAA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F4AAA3?

#F4AAA3 is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 244, 170, 163). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F4AAA3?

#F4AAA3 is RGB 244, 170, 163 — HSL 5°, 79%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 30%, 33%, 4%.

What colors go with #F4AAA3?

Its complement is #A4EEF4; analogous partners are #F4A4C5 and #F4D3A4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F4AAA3 for text?

Black text on #F4AAA3 has a contrast ratio of 11.13:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.89:1.