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#FA656B — Light Vivid Red

#FA656B 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 #FA656B 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.

#FA656B 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 #66FAF5; it also sits naturally between #FA66B5 and #FAAB66. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA656B · RGB 250, 101, 107

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Color values

HEX#FA656B
RGB250, 101, 107
HSL358°, 94%, 69%
HSV358°, 60%, 98%
CMYK0%, 60%, 57%, 2%
XYZ46.73, 30.69, 17.37
Yxy30.69, 0.4930, 0.3238
CIE-Lab62.25, 57.36, 26.44
Hunter Lab55.40, 57.47, 17.83

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 40% · Blue 42%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 60% · Yellow 57% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA656B on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA656B on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA656B

.text { color: #FA656B; }
.background { background-color: #FA656B; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA656B; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 101, 107); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(358, 94%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA656B; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 101, 107, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA656B; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 101, 107, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA656B">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA656B">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA656B

#F9484E#F8252C#F70810#D5070D#B7060C#940509#770408#540305#360203#140101

Tints of #FA656B

#FB7479#FB7E83#FB8D91#FC9C9F#FCABAE#FDB5B7#FDC4C6#FED2D4#FEDCDD#FEEBEC

Tones of #FA656B

#F07074#E57B7F#DB8588#D09092#C59B9C#BAA6A6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #66FAF5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.94:1 Fails
Against black text7.14:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA656B: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA656B

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 #FA656B: ·

How #FA656B looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B9B86ADeuteranopia · #C2CD69Tritanopia · #F36868

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 rose 500 · #F43F5ETailwind red 500 · #EF4444Tailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA656B rather than the exact color:

Palette 5a9cb5
#5A9CB5 · #FACE68 · #FAAC68 · #FA6868
Palette Dcffb7
#DCFFB7 · #FF6868 · #FFBB64 · #FFEAA7
Palette Fff5e0
#FFF5E0 · #FF6969 · #BB2525 · #141E46
Palette Fff5e1
#FFF5E1 · #FF6969 · #C80036 · #0C1844
Palette Fff5e0
#FFF5E0 · #FF6969 · #C70039 · #141E46
Palette Ffeadd
#FFEADD · #FCAEAE · #FF8989 · #FF6666

Similar colors

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

#FA6868#FF6868#FF6969#FF6666#F2676A#F85F73#FA7070#FF6060#FF7070#ED686A#FF7171#F26076

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA656A  ·  #FA656C →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA656B?

#FA656B is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 101, 107). Its closest standard named color is Salmon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA656B?

#FA656B is RGB 250, 101, 107 — HSL 358°, 94%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 60%, 57%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA656B?

Its complement is #66FAF5; analogous partners are #FA66B5 and #FAAB66. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA656B for text?

Black text on #FA656B has a contrast ratio of 7.14:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.94:1.