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#FA8EB3 — Light Vivid Pink

#FA8EB3 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 #FA8EB3 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.

#FA8EB3 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 #8EFAD5; it also sits naturally between #FA8EEA and #FA9F8E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA8EB3 · RGB 250, 142, 179

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Color values

HEX#FA8EB3
RGB250, 142, 179
HSL339°, 92%, 77%
HSV339°, 43%, 98%
CMYK0%, 43%, 28%, 2%
XYZ57.23, 42.92, 47.92
Yxy42.92, 0.3865, 0.2899
CIE-Lab71.50, 45.05, -1.26
Hunter Lab65.52, 45.49, -1.11

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 56% · Blue 70%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 43% · Yellow 28% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA8EB3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA8EB3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA8EB3

.text { color: #FA8EB3; }
.background { background-color: #FA8EB3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA8EB3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 142, 179); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(339, 92%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA8EB3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 142, 179, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA8EB3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 142, 179, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA8EB3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA8EB3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA8EB3

#F96C9D#F74583#F6236D#EB0A59#C9084C#A2073D#7F0530#5D0423#360214#140107

Tints of #FA8EB3

#FB98BB#FBA2C1#FCACC8#FCB6CE#FCBFD5#FDC4D8#FDCEDE#FDD8E5#FEE2EB#FEEBF2

Tones of #FA8EB3

#F396B6#EB9EB9#E3A5BB#DBADBD#D4B5C0#CCBDC2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8EFAD5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.19:1 Fails
Against black text9.58:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA8EB3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA8EB3

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 #FA8EB3: ·

How #FA8EB3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CBCAAADeuteranopia · #D2DAA8Tritanopia · #F5A3A1

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 fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA8EB3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 9195f6
#9195F6 · #B7C9F2 · #F9F07A · #FB88B4
Palette F48fb1
#F48FB1 · #F06292 · #AD1457 · #880E4F
Palette F8f4ec
#F8F4EC · #FF8FB7 · #E83C91 · #43334C
Palette 9adcff
#9ADCFF · #FFF89A · #FFB2A6 · #FF8AAE
Palette F13e93
#F13E93 · #F891BB · #F9D0CD · #FAFFCB
Palette Ff3e9b
#FF3E9B · #FF88BA · #3A8B95 · #66D0BC

Similar colors

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

#FB88B4#F48FB1#FF8FB7#FF8AAE#F891BB#FF88BA#FF90BC#F999B7#FF85BB#FF84BA#FF8BA7#F29AAE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA8EB2  ·  #FA8EB4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA8EB3?

#FA8EB3 is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 142, 179). Its closest standard named color is HotPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA8EB3?

#FA8EB3 is RGB 250, 142, 179 — HSL 339°, 92%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 43%, 28%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA8EB3?

Its complement is #8EFAD5; analogous partners are #FA8EEA and #FA9F8E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA8EB3 for text?

Black text on #FA8EB3 has a contrast ratio of 9.58:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.19:1.