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#F5AAA2 — Light Vivid Red

#F5AAA2 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 #F5AAA2 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.

#F5AAA2 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 #A3EDF5; it also sits naturally between #F5A3C4 and #F5D4A3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F5AAA2 · RGB 245, 170, 162

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Color values

HEX#F5AAA2
RGB245, 170, 162
HSL6°, 81%, 80%
HSV6°, 34%, 96%
CMYK0%, 31%, 34%, 4%
XYZ58.55, 50.77, 40.90
Yxy50.77, 0.3898, 0.3380
CIE-Lab76.54, 26.56, 15.25
Hunter Lab71.25, 26.20, 12.43

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 96% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 31% · Yellow 34% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F5AAA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F5AAA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F5AAA2

.text { color: #F5AAA2; }
.background { background-color: #F5AAA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F5AAA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(245, 170, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 81%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F5AAA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(245, 170, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F5AAA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(245, 170, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F5AAA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F5AAA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F5AAA2

#F1897E#EE6C5D#EA4A39#E72D18#C22614#9D1F10#7D180D#581109#370B06#120402

Tints of #F5AAA2

#F6B3AC#F7B8B1#F8C0BA#F8C4BE#F9CDC8#FAD5D1#FBD9D5#FCE2DF#FCE6E3#FDEEED

Tones of #F5AAA2

#EFB0A9#EAB4AE#E3B9B5#DEBEBA#D8C3C0#D2C7C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3EDF5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.88:1 Fails
Against black text11.15:1 AAA

Best text color on #F5AAA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F5AAA2

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 #F5AAA2: ·

How #F5AAA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D5D4A4Deuteranopia · #D9DFA4Tritanopia · #F1A5A6

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 #F5AAA2 rather than the exact color:

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

Similar colors

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

#F7A5A5#F4A9A8#F5A8A8#F7A4A4#F2AAAA#FDAB9E#EEA5A6#F6AE99#FFAAA5#ECA6A6#FFAAA6#EFB09B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F5AAA1  ·  #F5AAA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F5AAA2?

#F5AAA2 is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 245, 170, 162). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F5AAA2?

#F5AAA2 is RGB 245, 170, 162 — HSL 6°, 81%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 31%, 34%, 4%.

What colors go with #F5AAA2?

Its complement is #A3EDF5; analogous partners are #F5A3C4 and #F5D4A3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F5AAA2 for text?

Black text on #F5AAA2 has a contrast ratio of 11.15:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.88:1.