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#FA899F — Light Vivid Red

#FA899F 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 #FA899F 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.

#FA899F 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 #89FAE4; it also sits naturally between #FA89D8 and #FAAB89. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA899F · RGB 250, 137, 159

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Color values

HEX#FA899F
RGB250, 137, 159
HSL348°, 92%, 76%
HSV348°, 45%, 98%
CMYK0%, 45%, 36%, 2%
XYZ54.63, 40.72, 37.78
Yxy40.72, 0.4103, 0.3059
CIE-Lab69.98, 45.12, 7.70
Hunter Lab63.81, 45.26, 6.32

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 54% · Blue 62%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 45% · Yellow 36% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA899F on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA899F on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA899F

.text { color: #FA899F; }
.background { background-color: #FA899F; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA899F; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 137, 159); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(348, 92%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA899F; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 137, 159, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA899F; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 137, 159, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA899F">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA899F">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA899F

#F96784#F74569#F61E49#E60A36#C4082E#A20726#7F051E#580415#36020D#140105

Tints of #FA899F

#FB93A8#FB9DB0#FBA7B8#FCB1C0#FCBAC8#FDC4D0#FDCED7#FDD8DF#FEE2E7#FEEBEF

Tones of #FA899F

#F291A5#EA99AA#E2A1AE#DAAAB3#D2B2B8#CABABD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #89FAE4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.30:1 Fails
Against black text9.14:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA899F: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA899F

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 #FA899F: ·

How #FA899F looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C9C89ADeuteranopia · #D0D898Tritanopia · #F49595

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 · #EC4899Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind rose 500 · #F43F5E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA899F rather than the exact color:

Palette 3d0c11
#3D0C11 · #D80032 · #F78CA2 · #F9DEC9
Palette B4d6cd
#B4D6CD · #FFDA76 · #FF8C9E · #FF4E88
Candy Pop
#FF0A54 · #FF477E · #FF85A1 · #FFB3C6
Palette Ff597b
#FF597B · #FF8E9E · #F9B5D0 · #EEEEEE
Palette B5eaea
#B5EAEA · #EDF6E5 · #FFBCBC · #F38BA0
Palette Fff3c7
#FFF3C7 · #FEC7B4 · #FC819E · #F7418F

Similar colors

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

#F78CA2#FF8C9E#FF85A1#FF8E9E#F38BA0#FC819E#FB929E#FF8BA7#F582A7#FF8C94#F39399#FF95A5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA899E  ·  #FA89A0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA899F?

#FA899F is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 137, 159). Its closest standard named color is HotPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA899F?

#FA899F is RGB 250, 137, 159 — HSL 348°, 92%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 45%, 36%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA899F?

Its complement is #89FAE4; analogous partners are #FA89D8 and #FAAB89. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA899F for text?

Black text on #FA899F has a contrast ratio of 9.14:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.30:1.