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#FA05CD — Vivid Pink

#FA05CD 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 #FA05CD 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.

#FA05CD 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 #05FA32; it also sits naturally between #AC05FA and #FA0553. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA05CD · RGB 250, 5, 205

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Color values

HEX#FA05CD
RGB250, 5, 205
HSL311°, 96%, 50%
HSV311°, 98%, 98%
CMYK0%, 98%, 18%, 2%
XYZ50.50, 24.84, 59.89
Yxy24.84, 0.3734, 0.1837
CIE-Lab56.92, 90.65, -38.15
Hunter Lab49.84, 97.83, -40.57

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 2% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 98% · Yellow 18% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA05CD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA05CD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA05CD

.text { color: #FA05CD; }
.background { background-color: #FA05CD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA05CD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 5, 205); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(311, 96%, 50%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA05CD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 5, 205, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA05CD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 5, 205, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA05CD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA05CD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA05CD

#E105B9#CD04A8#B40494#A00383#87036F#6E025A#5A024A#410135#2D0125#140010

Tints of #FA05CD

#FA1ED2#FB32D6#FB4BDB#FC5FDF#FC78E4#FD91E9#FDA5ED#FEBEF2#FED2F6#FFEBFB

Tones of #FA05CD

#E817C2#D728B7#C639AC#B44BA1#A25D95#916E8B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #05FA32:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.52:1 AA large only
Against black text5.97:1 AA

Best text color on #FA05CD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA05CD

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 #FA05CD: ·

How #FA05CD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #908E9DDeuteranopia · #9EB191Tritanopia · #EE766E

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 #FA05CD 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#FA1FE0#EA21C8#DE12BF#FA27D2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA05CC  ·  #FA05CE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA05CD?

#FA05CD is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 5, 205). Its closest standard named color is Fuchsia.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA05CD?

#FA05CD is RGB 250, 5, 205 — HSL 311°, 96%, 50% — CMYK 0%, 98%, 18%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA05CD?

Its complement is #05FA32; analogous partners are #AC05FA and #FA0553. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA05CD for text?

Black text on #FA05CD has a contrast ratio of 5.97:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.52:1.