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#F5ACAA — Light Vivid Red

#F5ACAA 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 #F5ACAA 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.

#F5ACAA 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 #A8F2F5; it also sits naturally between #F5A8CC and #F5D1A8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F5ACAA · RGB 245, 172, 170

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Color values

HEX#F5ACAA
RGB245, 172, 170
HSL2°, 79%, 81%
HSV2°, 31%, 96%
CMYK0%, 30%, 31%, 4%
XYZ59.66, 51.82, 44.89
Yxy51.82, 0.3816, 0.3314
CIE-Lab77.17, 26.51, 11.79
Hunter Lab71.99, 26.23, 9.87

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 96% · Green 67% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 30% · Yellow 31% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F5ACAA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F5ACAA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F5ACAA

.text { color: #F5ACAA; }
.background { background-color: #F5ACAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F5ACAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(245, 172, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(2, 79%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F5ACAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(245, 172, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F5ACAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(245, 172, 170, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F5ACAA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F5ACAA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F5ACAA

#F18784#ED6864#E9453F#E4211B#C41D17#A01713#7B120E#570D0A#370806#120302

Tints of #F5ACAA

#F6B4B1#F6B8B6#F8C1BF#F8C5C4#F9CECD#FAD3D1#FBDCDA#FBE0DF#FCE9E8#FDEDED

Tones of #F5ACAA

#EFB0AE#EAB5B3#E4BAB9#DFBFBE#DAC4C3#D4CAC9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A8F2F5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.85:1 Fails
Against black text11.36:1 AAA

Best text color on #F5ACAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F5ACAA

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 #F5ACAA: ·

How #F5ACAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D5D5AADeuteranopia · #DADFABTritanopia · #F1ABAB

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 #F5ACAA rather than the exact color:

Palette Ddf3f5
#DDF3F5 · #A6DCEF · #F2AAAA · #E36387
Tranquil Ruby
#F29191 · #F7ADAD · #B1E5E6 · #CCFBFA
Palette Fbc6a4
#FBC6A4 · #F4A9A8 · #CE97B0 · #AFB9C8
Palette Dddddd
#DDDDDD · #FAB7B7 · #F5A8A8 · #E19999
Palette Fcf8f8
#FCF8F8 · #FBEFEF · #F9DFDF · #F5AFAF
Frozen Ruby Monsoon
#18A2CD · #73EEEE · #EC7F5D · #EFB1A9

Similar colors

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

#F2AAAA#F7ADAD#F4A9A8#F5A8A8#F5AFAF#EFB1A9#FAB2AC#FDACAC#FDAAAA#EDAAAA#FCAEAE#FBAFAF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F5ACA9  ·  #F5ACAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F5ACAA?

#F5ACAA is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 245, 172, 170). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F5ACAA?

#F5ACAA is RGB 245, 172, 170 — HSL 2°, 79%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 30%, 31%, 4%.

What colors go with #F5ACAA?

Its complement is #A8F2F5; analogous partners are #F5A8CC and #F5D1A8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F5ACAA for text?

Black text on #F5ACAA has a contrast ratio of 11.36:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.85:1.