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#FA709D — Light Vivid Pink

#FA709D 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 #FA709D 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.

#FA709D 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 #70FACC; it also sits naturally between #FA70E3 and #FA8770. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA709D · RGB 250, 112, 157

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Color values

HEX#FA709D
RGB250, 112, 157
HSL340°, 93%, 71%
HSV340°, 55%, 98%
CMYK0%, 55%, 37%, 2%
XYZ51.30, 34.35, 35.82
Yxy34.35, 0.4223, 0.2827
CIE-Lab65.24, 56.95, 1.99
Hunter Lab58.61, 57.73, 1.65

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 44% · Blue 62%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 55% · Yellow 37% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA709D on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA709D on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA709D

.text { color: #FA709D; }
.background { background-color: #FA709D; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA709D; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 112, 157); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(340, 93%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA709D; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 112, 157, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA709D; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 112, 157, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA709D">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA709D">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA709D

#F94E87#F83073#F60E5B#D9084D#BB0743#990637#76042A#54031E#360213#140107

Tints of #FA709D

#FA7FA8#FB89AF#FB98B9#FCA1C0#FCB0CA#FDBAD0#FDC9DA#FDD3E1#FEE1EB#FEEBF2

Tones of #FA709D

#F07AA1#E684A5#DC8EA8#D397AB#C9A1AE#BFABB2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #70FACC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.67:1 Fails
Against black text7.87:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA709D: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA709D

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 #FA709D: ·

How #FA709D looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BEBD92Deuteranopia · #C6D190Tritanopia · #F38A88

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 #FA709D rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff75a0
#FF75A0 · #FCE38A · #EAFFD0 · #95E1D3
Palette Ac1754
#AC1754 · #E53888 · #F37199 · #F7A8C4
Palette Fff7cd
#FFF7CD · #FDC3A1 · #FB9B8F · #F57799
Palette Fee3ec
#FEE3EC · #F9C5D5 · #F999B7 · #F2789F
Palette F875aa
#F875AA · #FDEDED · #EDFFF0 · #AEDEFC
Palette F875aa
#F875AA · #FFDFDF · #FFF6F6 · #AEDEFC

Similar colors

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

#FF75A0#F37199#F57799#F2789F#F875AA#FF639F#FF70AB#F075AA#FC819E#F564A9#FF5F9E#EE66A6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA709C  ·  #FA709E →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA709D?

#FA709D is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 112, 157). Its closest standard named color is HotPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA709D?

#FA709D is RGB 250, 112, 157 — HSL 340°, 93%, 71% — CMYK 0%, 55%, 37%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA709D?

Its complement is #70FACC; analogous partners are #FA70E3 and #FA8770. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA709D for text?

Black text on #FA709D has a contrast ratio of 7.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.67:1.