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#FA577B — Light Vivid Red

#FA577B is a red color we call Light Vivid Red, closest to the named color Salmon (#FA8072). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: salmon (#FA8072) — not an exact match. CSS salmon gives you #FA8072, a different color; use #FA577B 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.

#FA577B is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. 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 #57FAD6; it also sits naturally between #FA57CC and #FA8557. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA577B · RGB 250, 87, 123

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Color values

HEX#FA577B
RGB250, 87, 123
HSL347°, 94%, 66%
HSV347°, 65%, 98%
CMYK0%, 65%, 51%, 2%
XYZ46.41, 28.57, 21.81
Yxy28.57, 0.4795, 0.2952
CIE-Lab60.40, 64.41, 14.71
Hunter Lab53.45, 65.31, 10.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 34% · Blue 48%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 65% · Yellow 51% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA577B on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA577B on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA577B

.text { color: #FA577B; }
.background { background-color: #FA577B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA577B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 87, 123); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(347, 94%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA577B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 87, 123, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA577B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 87, 123, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA577B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA577B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA577B

#F93963#F81B4B#E90738#CB0631#AD052A#8F0423#72041B#4F0213#31020C#140105

Tints of #FA577B

#FA6686#FB7492#FB839D#FC92A9#FCA1B5#FDB0C0#FDBFCC#FDCED8#FEDCE4#FEEBEF

Tones of #FA577B

#EF6281#E26E87#D7798E#CB8695#C0919B#B49DA2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #57FAD6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.13:1 AA large only
Against black text6.71:1 AA

Best text color on #FA577B: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA577B

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 #FA577B: ·

How #FA577B looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B3B272Deuteranopia · #BDC970Tritanopia · #F26B6A

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 500 · #EC4899Tailwind rose 500 · #F43F5ETailwind pink 600 · #DB2777

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA577B rather than the exact color:

Frozen Aurora
#0F0927 · #1CF7DC · #FA41C5 · #FB557B
Palette Ff597b
#FF597B · #FF8E9E · #F9B5D0 · #EEEEEE
Palette Ffe97d
#FFE97D · #FFEF9F · #E13F7C · #FF537B
Palette Ff577f
#FF577F · #FF884B · #FFC764 · #CDFFFC
Palette Ffff80
#FFFF80 · #FFAA80 · #FF5580 · #FF0080
Palette Ffbe98
#FFBE98 · #F05A7E · #125B9A · #0B8494

Similar colors

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

#FB557B#FF597B#FF537B#FF577F#FF5580#F05A7E#FA4C7A#F85F73#FC5185#F75270#F26076#FE4A7D

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA577A  ·  #FA577C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA577B?

#FA577B is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 87, 123). Its closest standard named color is Salmon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA577B?

#FA577B is RGB 250, 87, 123 — HSL 347°, 94%, 66% — CMYK 0%, 65%, 51%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA577B?

Its complement is #57FAD6; analogous partners are #FA57CC and #FA8557. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA577B for text?

Black text on #FA577B has a contrast ratio of 6.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.13:1.