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#FA85EA — Light Vivid Pink

#FA85EA 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 #FA85EA 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.

#FA85EA 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 #85FA94; it also sits naturally between #CF85FA and #FA85B0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA85EA · RGB 250, 133, 234

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Color values

HEX#FA85EA
RGB250, 133, 234
HSL308°, 92%, 75%
HSV308°, 47%, 98%
CMYK0%, 47%, 6%, 2%
XYZ62.66, 43.04, 82.85
Yxy43.04, 0.3323, 0.2283
CIE-Lab71.58, 57.66, -31.58
Hunter Lab65.60, 60.13, -33.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 52% · Blue 92%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 47% · Yellow 6% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA85EA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA85EA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA85EA

.text { color: #FA85EA; }
.background { background-color: #FA85EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA85EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 133, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(308, 92%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA85EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 133, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA85EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 133, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA85EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA85EA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA85EA

#F862E4#F740DF#F61ED9#E60AC9#C408AB#9D0789#7A056B#58044D#36022F#140111

Tints of #FA85EA

#FA8EEC#FB98EE#FBA2EF#FCACF1#FCBAF3#FDC4F5#FDCEF7#FDD8F8#FEE2FA#FEEBFC

Tones of #FA85EA

#F28DE4#E995DE#E19DD8#D8A6D1#D0AFCB#C8B7C5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #85FA94:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.19:1 Fails
Against black text9.61:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA85EA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA85EA

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 #FA85EA: ·

How #FA85EA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C7C6D2Deuteranopia · #CED7CCTritanopia · #F4BEBA

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 purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA85EA rather than the exact color:

Palette E9ff97
#E9FF97 · #FFD18E · #FFA38F · #FF7EE2
Palette E25d4e
#E25D4E · #A93545 · #D9528B · #FF92E8
Wild Saffron
#EE8EE8 · #E22C6A · #E99D84 · #E9D777
Scarlet Solace
#EF90E1 · #D921BE · #9E1A8B · #490D40
Scarlet Summit
#0D8A24 · #70F284 · #EE49D0 · #EF95E5
Mellow Ruby Aurora
#E882E1 · #D147C8 · #8A1982 · #661961

Similar colors

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

#FF7EE2#FF92E8#EE8EE8#EF90E1#EF95E5#E882E1#FE81D4#E57FE3#FF7ED4#E57AEB#EB98EB#F36FF2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA85E9  ·  #FA85EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA85EA?

#FA85EA is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 133, 234). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA85EA?

#FA85EA is RGB 250, 133, 234 — HSL 308°, 92%, 75% — CMYK 0%, 47%, 6%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA85EA?

Its complement is #85FA94; analogous partners are #CF85FA and #FA85B0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA85EA for text?

Black text on #FA85EA has a contrast ratio of 9.61:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.19:1.