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#FA5CD2 — Light Vivid Pink

#FA5CD2 is a pink color we call Light Vivid Pink, closest to the named color HotPink (#FF69B4). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: hotpink (#FF69B4) — not an exact match. CSS hotpink gives you #FF69B4, a different color; use #FA5CD2 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.

#FA5CD2 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 #5CFA83; it also sits naturally between #D25CFA and #FA5C83. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA5CD2 · RGB 250, 92, 210

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Color values

HEX#FA5CD2
RGB250, 92, 210
HSL315°, 94%, 67%
HSV315°, 63%, 98%
CMYK0%, 63%, 16%, 2%
XYZ54.88, 32.63, 64.38
Yxy32.63, 0.3613, 0.2148
CIE-Lab63.86, 72.13, -30.17
Hunter Lab57.12, 75.77, -31.09

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 36% · Blue 82%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 63% · Yellow 16% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA5CD2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA5CD2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA5CD2

.text { color: #FA5CD2; }
.background { background-color: #FA5CD2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA5CD2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 92, 210); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(315, 94%, 67%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA5CD2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 92, 210, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA5CD2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 92, 210, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA5CD2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA5CD2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA5CD2

#F93ECA#F81BC1#ED07B4#D0069D#B20687#8F046D#720456#540340#310225#14010F

Tints of #FA5CD2

#FA6BD6#FB79DB#FB88DF#FC97E3#FCA6E7#FDB0E9#FDBFED#FDCEF1#FEDCF6#FEEBFA

Tones of #FA5CD2

#EF67CD#E372C7#D87DC2#CD89BC#C294B6#B6A0B0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #5CFA83:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.79:1 Fails
Against black text7.53:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA5CD2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA5CD2

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 #FA5CD2: ·

How #FA5CD2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B6B4B5Deuteranopia · #BFCBAFTritanopia · #F29F9A

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 pink 500 · #EC4899Tailwind fuchsia 600 · #C026D3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA5CD2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 000000
#000000 · #9929EA · #FF5FCF · #FAEB92
Cosmic Opal
#850D65 · #EF58CD · #2EEB60 · #B2F3CF
Electric Petal
#3E15AC · #AA1DE4 · #EB57D4 · #F3A0C2
Mellow Harbor
#EA59D1 · #EA428C · #EB666E · #97441B
Scarlet Horizon
#CF1277 · #F26BD1 · #16EA79 · #AFF3DB
Mellow Ruby Horizon
#0D1708 · #FE4EC8 · #FD3EFB · #F9943D

Similar colors

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

#FF5FCF#EF58CD#EB57D4#EA59D1#F26BD1#FE4EC8#EC5BE0#E662CF#F26ECA#FF6AC2#E65BDB#FF71CD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA5CD1  ·  #FA5CD3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA5CD2?

#FA5CD2 is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 92, 210). Its closest standard named color is HotPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA5CD2?

#FA5CD2 is RGB 250, 92, 210 — HSL 315°, 94%, 67% — CMYK 0%, 63%, 16%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA5CD2?

Its complement is #5CFA83; analogous partners are #D25CFA and #FA5C83. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA5CD2 for text?

Black text on #FA5CD2 has a contrast ratio of 7.53:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.79:1.