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#FA8EBA — Light Vivid Pink

#FA8EBA 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 #FA8EBA 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.

#FA8EBA 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 #8EFACF; it also sits naturally between #FA8EF0 and #FA998E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA8EBA · RGB 250, 142, 186

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Color values

HEX#FA8EBA
RGB250, 142, 186
HSL336°, 92%, 77%
HSV336°, 43%, 98%
CMYK0%, 43%, 26%, 2%
XYZ57.96, 43.22, 51.74
Yxy43.22, 0.3790, 0.2826
CIE-Lab71.70, 45.98, -4.86
Hunter Lab65.74, 46.58, -4.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 56% · Blue 73%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 43% · Yellow 26% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA8EBA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA8EBA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA8EBA

.text { color: #FA8EBA; }
.background { background-color: #FA8EBA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA8EBA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 142, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(336, 92%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA8EBA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 142, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA8EBA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 142, 186, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA8EBA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA8EBA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA8EBA

#F96CA4#F7458C#F62377#EB0A64#C90855#A20745#7F0536#5D0428#360217#140108

Tints of #FA8EBA

#FB98C0#FBA2C6#FCACCC#FCB6D2#FCBFD8#FDC4DB#FDCEE1#FDD8E7#FEE2ED#FEEBF3

Tones of #FA8EBA

#F396BB#EB9EBD#E3A5BE#DBADC0#D4B5C1#CCBDC3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8EFACF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.18:1 Fails
Against black text9.64:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA8EBA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA8EBA

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 #FA8EBA: ·

How #FA8EBA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CBCAAFDeuteranopia · #D2DAADTritanopia · #F5A7A5

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 fuchsia 500 · #D946EFMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA8EBA rather than the exact color:

Palette F13e93
#F13E93 · #F891BB · #F9D0CD · #FAFFCB
Palette Ff90bc
#FF90BC · #FFC0D9 · #F9F9E0 · #8ACDD7
Palette F8f4ec
#F8F4EC · #FF8FB7 · #E83C91 · #43334C
Palette Ff3e9b
#FF3E9B · #FF88BA · #3A8B95 · #66D0BC
Palette 9195f6
#9195F6 · #B7C9F2 · #F9F07A · #FB88B4
Palette 001b79
#001B79 · #1640D6 · #ED5AB3 · #FF90C2

Similar colors

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

#F891BB#FF90BC#FF8FB7#FF88BA#FB88B4#FF90C2#FF85BB#F48FB1#FF84BA#F999B7#FF8AAE#FF8DC7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA8EB9  ·  #FA8EBB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA8EBA?

#FA8EBA is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 142, 186). Its closest standard named color is HotPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA8EBA?

#FA8EBA is RGB 250, 142, 186 — HSL 336°, 92%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 43%, 26%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA8EBA?

Its complement is #8EFACF; analogous partners are #FA8EF0 and #FA998E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA8EBA for text?

Black text on #FA8EBA has a contrast ratio of 9.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.18:1.