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#FA8EBF — Light Vivid Pink

#FA8EBF 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 #FA8EBF 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.

#FA8EBF 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 #8EFACA; it also sits naturally between #FA8EF5 and #FA948E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA8EBF · RGB 250, 142, 191

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Color values

HEX#FA8EBF
RGB250, 142, 191
HSL333°, 92%, 77%
HSV333°, 43%, 98%
CMYK0%, 43%, 24%, 2%
XYZ58.50, 43.43, 54.59
Yxy43.43, 0.3738, 0.2775
CIE-Lab71.85, 46.67, -7.42
Hunter Lab65.90, 47.38, -6.82

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 56% · Blue 75%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 43% · Yellow 24% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA8EBF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA8EBF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA8EBF

.text { color: #FA8EBF; }
.background { background-color: #FA8EBF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA8EBF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 142, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(333, 92%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA8EBF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 142, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA8EBF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 142, 191, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA8EBF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA8EBF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA8EBF

#F96CAB#F74595#F62382#EB0A6F#C9085F#A2074C#7F053C#5D042C#360219#140109

Tints of #FA8EBF

#FB98C5#FBA2CA#FCACD0#FCB6D5#FCBFDB#FDC4DE#FDCEE3#FDD8E9#FEE2EE#FEEBF4

Tones of #FA8EBF

#F396C0#EB9EC0#E3A5C1#DBADC2#D4B5C3#CCBDC4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8EFACA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.17:1 Fails
Against black text9.69:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA8EBF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA8EBF

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 #FA8EBF: ·

How #FA8EBF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CBCAB3Deuteranopia · #D2DAB0Tritanopia · #F5AAA8

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 #FA8EBF rather than the exact color:

Palette F13e93
#F13E93 · #F891BB · #F9D0CD · #FAFFCB
Palette Ff90bc
#FF90BC · #FFC0D9 · #F9F9E0 · #8ACDD7
Palette 001b79
#001B79 · #1640D6 · #ED5AB3 · #FF90C2
Palette Ff3e9b
#FF3E9B · #FF88BA · #3A8B95 · #66D0BC
Palette F8f4ec
#F8F4EC · #FF8FB7 · #E83C91 · #43334C
Palette Ffb9b9
#FFB9B9 · #FFDDD2 · #FFACC7 · #FF8DC7

Similar colors

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

#F891BB#FF90BC#FF90C2#FF88BA#FF8FB7#FF8DC7#FF95C5#FF85BB#FF84BA#FB88B4#F999B7#F599C6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA8EBE  ·  #FA8EC0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA8EBF?

#FA8EBF is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 142, 191). Its closest standard named color is HotPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA8EBF?

#FA8EBF is RGB 250, 142, 191 — HSL 333°, 92%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 43%, 24%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA8EBF?

Its complement is #8EFACA; analogous partners are #FA8EF5 and #FA948E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA8EBF for text?

Black text on #FA8EBF has a contrast ratio of 9.69:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.17:1.