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#FA00AF — Vivid Pink

#FA00AF is a pink color we call Vivid Pink, closest to the named color DeepPink (#FF1493). It belongs to the pink family.

#FA00AF is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #00FA4B; it also sits naturally between #C800FA and #FA0032. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA00AF · RGB 250, 0, 175

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Color values

HEX#FA00AF
RGB250, 0, 175
HSL318°, 100%, 49%
HSV318°, 100%, 98%
CMYK0%, 100%, 30%, 2%
XYZ47.16, 23.42, 42.59
Yxy23.42, 0.4167, 0.2069
CIE-Lab55.50, 87.65, -22.99
Hunter Lab48.39, 93.32, -21.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 0% · Blue 69%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 30% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA00AF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA00AF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA00AF

.text { color: #FA00AF; }
.background { background-color: #FA00AF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA00AF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 0, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(318, 100%, 49%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA00AF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 0, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA00AF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 0, 175, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA00AF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA00AF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA00AF

#E600A1#CC008F#B80081#9E006F#8A0060#70004F#5C0040#42002E#2E0020#14000E

Tints of #FA00AF

#FF14B9#FF29BF#FF42C6#FF5CCE#FF75D6#FF8ADC#FFA3E3#FFBDEB#FFD1F1#FFEBF9

Tones of #FA00AF

#E811A8#D624A0#C43699#B34792#A1598B#8E6B84

Color harmonies

Complementary — #00FA4B:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.69:1 AA large only
Against black text5.68:1 AA

Best text color on #FA00AF: #000000.

How #FA00AF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8E8C85Deuteranopia · #9CAF7ATritanopia · #EE635C

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:

Tailwind pink 600 · #DB2777Tailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Tailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA00AF rather than the exact color:

Gentle Lagoon
#120E21 · #0FFCE8 · #3AF788 · #F9139B
Palette 39065a
#39065A · #6A0572 · #9A0F98 · #EA0599
Palette 2e0249
#2E0249 · #570A57 · #A91079 · #F806CC
Palette Fff6fb
#FFF6FB · #FFBEE3 · #FC5BB6 · #FF0592
Cosmic Ruby Saffron
#0E2115 · #503BFD · #FD23AD · #4B74FD
Velvet Ruby Harbor
#1667AF · #1610CB · #8C12E1 · #DE12BF

Similar colors

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

#F9139B#EA0599#F806CC#FF0592#FD23AD#DE12BF#FC0FD1#EA21A2#DA17B2#F30CD4#FF0087#FA26A0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA00AE  ·  #FA00B0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA00AF?

#FA00AF is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 0, 175). Its closest standard named color is DeepPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA00AF?

#FA00AF is RGB 250, 0, 175 — HSL 318°, 100%, 49% — CMYK 0%, 100%, 30%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA00AF?

Its complement is #00FA4B; analogous partners are #C800FA and #FA0032. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA00AF for text?

Black text on #FA00AF has a contrast ratio of 5.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.69:1.