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#FA809C — Light Vivid Red

#FA809C is a red color we call Light Vivid Red, closest to the named color HotPink (#FF69B4). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: hotpink (#FF69B4) — not an exact match. CSS hotpink gives you #FF69B4, a different color; use #FA809C 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.

#FA809C 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 #80FADD; it also sits naturally between #FA80D9 and #FAA080. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA809C · RGB 250, 128, 156

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Color values

HEX#FA809C
RGB250, 128, 156
HSL346°, 92%, 74%
HSV346°, 49%, 98%
CMYK0%, 49%, 38%, 2%
XYZ53.14, 38.16, 36.02
Yxy38.16, 0.4174, 0.2997
CIE-Lab68.14, 49.24, 6.75
Hunter Lab61.78, 49.53, 5.52

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 50% · Blue 61%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 49% · Yellow 38% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA809C on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA809C on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA809C

.text { color: #FA809C; }
.background { background-color: #FA809C; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA809C; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 128, 156); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(346, 92%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA809C; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 128, 156, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA809C; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 128, 156, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA809C">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA809C">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA809C

#F85D82#F73B67#F5194C#E1093C#BF0833#9D072A#7A0520#580417#36020E#140105

Tints of #FA809C

#FA89A4#FB93AB#FBA2B7#FCACBE#FCB6C6#FCBFCE#FDC9D5#FDD8E1#FEE2E8#FEEBF0

Tones of #FA809C

#F188A1#E891A5#E09AAA#D7A3AF#CEABB4#C5B4B8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #80FADD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.43:1 Fails
Against black text8.63:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA809C: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA809C

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 #FA809C: ·

How #FA809C looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C5C495Deuteranopia · #CCD594Tritanopia · #F4908F

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 · #F43F5EMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA809C rather than the exact color:

Palette Fff3c7
#FFF3C7 · #FEC7B4 · #FC819E · #F7418F
Candy Pop
#FF0A54 · #FF477E · #FF85A1 · #FFB3C6
Palette Fff7cd
#FFF7CD · #FDC3A1 · #FB9B8F · #F57799
Palette Fee3ec
#FEE3EC · #F9C5D5 · #F999B7 · #F2789F
Palette 180a0a
#180A0A · #711A75 · #F10086 · #F582A7
Palette Ff75a0
#FF75A0 · #FCE38A · #EAFFD0 · #95E1D3

Similar colors

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

#FC819E#FF85A1#F57799#F2789F#F582A7#FF75A0#F080A4#FF8C9E#F38BA0#F78CA2#FF8E9E#FF8C94

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA809B  ·  #FA809D →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA809C?

#FA809C is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 128, 156). Its closest standard named color is HotPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA809C?

#FA809C is RGB 250, 128, 156 — HSL 346°, 92%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 49%, 38%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA809C?

Its complement is #80FADD; analogous partners are #FA80D9 and #FAA080. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA809C for text?

Black text on #FA809C has a contrast ratio of 8.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.43:1.