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#FA85DD — Light Vivid Pink

#FA85DD is a pink color we call Light Vivid Pink, closest to the named color Violet (#EE82EE). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: violet (#EE82EE) — not an exact match. CSS violet gives you #EE82EE, a different color; use #FA85DD 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.

#FA85DD 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 #85FAA2; it also sits naturally between #DD85FA and #FA85A2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA85DD · RGB 250, 133, 221

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Color values

HEX#FA85DD
RGB250, 133, 221
HSL315°, 92%, 75%
HSV315°, 47%, 98%
CMYK0%, 47%, 12%, 2%
XYZ60.86, 42.32, 73.37
Yxy42.32, 0.3447, 0.2397
CIE-Lab71.09, 55.57, -25.18
Hunter Lab65.05, 57.53, -25.83

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 52% · Blue 87%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 47% · Yellow 12% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA85DD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA85DD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA85DD

.text { color: #FA85DD; }
.background { background-color: #FA85DD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA85DD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 133, 221); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(315, 92%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA85DD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 133, 221, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA85DD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 133, 221, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA85DD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA85DD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA85DD

#F862D3#F740C9#F61EC0#E60AAF#C40895#9D0777#7A055D#580443#360229#14010F

Tints of #FA85DD

#FA8EDF#FB98E2#FBA2E5#FCACE8#FCBAEC#FDC4EE#FDCEF1#FDD8F4#FEE2F7#FEEBF9

Tones of #FA85DD

#F28DD8#E995D4#E19DD0#D8A6CC#D0AFC8#C8B7C3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #85FAA2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.22:1 Fails
Against black text9.46:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA85DD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA85DD

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 #FA85DD: ·

How #FA85DD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C6C8Deuteranopia · #CED7C3Tritanopia · #F4B7B3

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 purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA85DD rather than the exact color:

Palette E9ff97
#E9FF97 · #FFD18E · #FFA38F · #FF7EE2
Palette Fe81d4
#FE81D4 · #FAACBF · #FBC3C1 · #FFEABB
Palette 6420aa
#6420AA · #FF3EA5 · #FF7ED4 · #FFB5DA
Scarlet Solace
#EF90E1 · #D921BE · #9E1A8B · #490D40
Palette E25d4e
#E25D4E · #A93545 · #D9528B · #FF92E8
Wild Saffron
#EE8EE8 · #E22C6A · #E99D84 · #E9D777

Similar colors

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

#FF7EE2#FE81D4#FF7ED4#EF90E1#FF92E8#EE8EE8#E882E1#FF98DA#EF95E5#FF76CE#E77ED4#ED96D7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA85DC  ·  #FA85DE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA85DD?

#FA85DD is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 133, 221). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA85DD?

#FA85DD is RGB 250, 133, 221 — HSL 315°, 92%, 75% — CMYK 0%, 47%, 12%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA85DD?

Its complement is #85FAA2; analogous partners are #DD85FA and #FA85A2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA85DD for text?

Black text on #FA85DD has a contrast ratio of 9.46:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.22:1.