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#FA42EE — Vivid Pink

#FA42EE is a pink color we call Vivid Pink, closest to the named color Orchid (#DA70D6). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orchid (#DA70D6) — not an exact match. CSS orchid gives you #DA70D6, a different color; use #FA42EE 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.

#FA42EE 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 #42FA4E; it also sits naturally between #AA42FA and #FA4292. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA42EE · RGB 250, 66, 238

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Color values

HEX#FA42EE
RGB250, 66, 238
HSL304°, 95%, 62%
HSV304°, 74%, 98%
CMYK0%, 74%, 5%, 2%
XYZ56.81, 30.39, 83.76
Yxy30.39, 0.3323, 0.1778
CIE-Lab61.99, 84.99, -48.79
Hunter Lab55.13, 91.83, -56.59

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 26% · Blue 93%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 74% · Yellow 5% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA42EE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA42EE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA42EE

.text { color: #FA42EE; }
.background { background-color: #FA42EE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA42EE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 66, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(304, 95%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA42EE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 66, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA42EE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 66, 238, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA42EE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA42EE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA42EE

#F924EB#F906E8#E006D1#C205B5#A40499#86037E#680362#50024A#32012E#140113

Tints of #FA42EE

#FB51EF#FB65F1#FB74F2#FC88F4#FC97F6#FDA5F7#FDB9F9#FEC8FA#FEDCFC#FEEBFD

Tones of #FA42EE

#ED50E2#E05CD7#D26ACB#C676C1#B884B5#AC91AA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #42FA4E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.97:1 Fails
Against black text7.08:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA42EE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA42EE

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 #FA42EE: ·

How #FA42EE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #AAA9C4Deuteranopia · #B5C3BATritanopia · #F1A49C

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 500 · #D946EFTailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA42EE rather than the exact color:

Silent Meadow
#0D2819 · #FE4F2A · #F947EC · #4F46FF
Rustic Summit
#0C1E19 · #5629FB · #BDFC1F · #FA4AEC
Frozen Canyon
#0A1A23 · #94FA54 · #F93910 · #FB36F0
Mellow Ruby Horizon
#0D1708 · #FE4EC8 · #FD3EFB · #F9943D
Silent Ruby Mosaic
#151B0B · #FA35E7 · #2264FE · #45F7D5
Honey Ruby Marble
#1A1206 · #F94FE5 · #1253FC · #A14CFE

Similar colors

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

#F947EC#FA4AEC#FB36F0#FD3EFB#FA35E7#F94FE5#ED3EF7#FB49DF#FC46DE#F237F8#FC43DC#F856F0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA42ED  ·  #FA42EF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA42EE?

#FA42EE is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 66, 238). Its closest standard named color is Orchid.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA42EE?

#FA42EE is RGB 250, 66, 238 — HSL 304°, 95%, 62% — CMYK 0%, 74%, 5%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA42EE?

Its complement is #42FA4E; analogous partners are #AA42FA and #FA4292. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA42EE for text?

Black text on #FA42EE has a contrast ratio of 7.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.97:1.