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#FA42FB — Vivid Pink

#FA42FB 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 #FA42FB 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.

#FA42FB 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 #41FB41; it also sits naturally between #9E41FB and #FB419E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA42FB · RGB 250, 66, 251

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Color values

HEX#FA42FB
RGB250, 66, 251
HSL300°, 96%, 62%
HSV300°, 74%, 98%
CMYK0%, 74%, 0%, 2%
XYZ58.79, 31.19, 94.19
Yxy31.19, 0.3192, 0.1693
CIE-Lab62.66, 86.93, -54.94
Hunter Lab55.84, 94.64, -66.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 26% · Blue 98%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA42FB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA42FB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA42FB

.text { color: #FA42FB; }
.background { background-color: #FA42FB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA42FB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 66, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(300, 96%, 62%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA42FB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 66, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA42FB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 66, 251, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA42FB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA42FB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA42FB

#FB23FB#FA05FA#E105E1#C304C3#A503A5#870387#690269#500250#320132#140014

Tints of #FA42FB

#FB50FB#FC64FC#FC73FC#FD87FD#FD96FD#FDA5FD#FEB9FE#FEC8FE#FEDCFE#FFEBFF

Tones of #FA42FB

#EE4FEE#E15BE1#D369D3#C676C6#B884B8#AC91AC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #41FB41:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.90:1 Fails
Against black text7.24:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA42FB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA42FB

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 #FA42FB: ·

How #FA42FB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #AAA9CEDeuteranopia · #B5C3C4Tritanopia · #F1ABA3

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 #FA42FB rather than the exact color:

Mellow Ruby Horizon
#0D1708 · #FE4EC8 · #FD3EFB · #F9943D
Tranquil Ruby Dusk
#201007 · #F237F8 · #32FADB · #47BBF8
Palette Bf2ef0
#BF2EF0 · #ED3EF7 · #FEECB3 · #FFF6EA
Silent Meadow
#0D2819 · #FE4F2A · #F947EC · #4F46FF
Frozen Canyon
#0A1A23 · #94FA54 · #F93910 · #FB36F0
Wild Breeze
#2F1D12 · #2AD0F8 · #EA46FC · #1A2EFB

Similar colors

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

#FD3EFB#F237F8#ED3EF7#F947EC#FB36F0#EA46FC#FA4AEC#E748F8#FB2CFB#F856F0#FB2BF8#FA35E7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA42FA  ·  #FA42FC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA42FB?

#FA42FB is Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 66, 251). Its closest standard named color is Fuchsia.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA42FB?

#FA42FB is RGB 250, 66, 251 — HSL 300°, 96%, 62% — CMYK 0%, 74%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA42FB?

Its complement is #41FB41; analogous partners are #9E41FB and #FB419E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA42FB for text?

Black text on #FA42FB has a contrast ratio of 7.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.90:1.