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#FA00CC — Vivid Pink

#FA00CC is a pink color we call Vivid Pink, closest to the named color Fuchsia (#FF00FF). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: fuchsia (#FF00FF) — not an exact match. CSS fuchsia gives you #FF00FF, a different color; use #FA00CC 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.

#FA00CC 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 #00FA2E; it also sits naturally between #AB00FA and #FA004F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA00CC · RGB 250, 0, 204

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Color values

HEX#FA00CC
RGB250, 0, 204
HSL311°, 100%, 49%
HSV311°, 100%, 98%
CMYK0%, 100%, 18%, 2%
XYZ50.32, 24.68, 59.24
Yxy24.68, 0.3749, 0.1839
CIE-Lab56.77, 90.85, -37.81
Hunter Lab49.68, 98.05, -40.11

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 0% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 100% · Yellow 18% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA00CC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA00CC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA00CC

.text { color: #FA00CC; }
.background { background-color: #FA00CC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA00CC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 0, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(311, 100%, 49%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA00CC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 0, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA00CC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 0, 204, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA00CC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA00CC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA00CC

#E600BB#CC00A7#B80096#9E0081#8A0070#70005C#5C004B#420036#2E0025#140011

Tints of #FA00CC

#FF14D4#FF29D8#FF42DC#FF5CE1#FF75E6#FF8AE9#FFA3EE#FFBDF3#FFD1F7#FFEBFB

Tones of #FA00CC

#E811C1#D624B5#C436AA#B3479F#A15994#8E6B88

Color harmonies

Complementary — #00FA2E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.54:1 AA large only
Against black text5.94:1 AA

Best text color on #FA00CC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA00CC

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 #FA00CC: ·

How #FA00CC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #8E8C9BDeuteranopia · #9CAF8FTritanopia · #EE746B

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 fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA00CC rather than the exact color:

Palette 2e0249
#2E0249 · #570A57 · #A91079 · #F806CC
Dusty Opal
#17200D · #FC0FD1 · #39F9E8 · #8F1DFB
Palette Fff78f
#FFF78F · #22B9CA · #0C99C1 · #F30CD4
Dusty Bloom
#431997 · #4D0968 · #E311CF · #E41A83
Dreamy Ruby Summit
#303211 · #FA1BDE · #2AFBAF · #31E7F8
Rustic Ruby Petal
#0A0A21 · #30FE55 · #4FFCE2 · #F819E1

Similar colors

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

#F806CC#FC0FD1#F30CD4#E311CF#FA1BDE#F819E1#FD1DE0#E21ACB#DE12BF#FA1FE0#EA21C8#E71DDD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA00CB  ·  #FA00CD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA00CC?

#FA00CC is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 0, 204). Its closest standard named color is Fuchsia.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA00CC?

#FA00CC is RGB 250, 0, 204 — HSL 311°, 100%, 49% — CMYK 0%, 100%, 18%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA00CC?

Its complement is #00FA2E; analogous partners are #AB00FA and #FA004F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA00CC for text?

Black text on #FA00CC has a contrast ratio of 5.94:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.54:1.