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#FA8FDD — Light Vivid Pink

#FA8FDD 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 #FA8FDD 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.

#FA8FDD 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 #8FFAAB; it also sits naturally between #E18FFA and #FA8FA8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA8FDD · RGB 250, 143, 221

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Color values

HEX#FA8FDD
RGB250, 143, 221
HSL316°, 91%, 77%
HSV316°, 43%, 98%
CMYK0%, 43%, 12%, 2%
XYZ62.30, 45.19, 73.85
Yxy45.19, 0.3436, 0.2492
CIE-Lab73.02, 50.63, -22.24
Hunter Lab67.22, 52.19, -22.57

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 56% · Blue 87%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 43% · Yellow 12% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA8FDD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA8FDD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA8FDD

.text { color: #FA8FDD; }
.background { background-color: #FA8FDD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA8FDD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 143, 221); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(316, 91%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA8FDD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 143, 221, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA8FDD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 143, 221, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA8FDD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA8FDD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA8FDD

#F86DD3#F646C7#F524BD#EA0BAE#C80995#A10878#7F065E#5D0445#360328#13010F

Tints of #FA8FDD

#FA99E0#FBA2E3#FBACE6#FCB6E9#FCC0EC#FCC5ED#FDCEF0#FDD8F3#FEE2F6#FEECF9

Tones of #FA8FDD

#F297DA#EA9ED6#E3A6D3#DBADCF#D4B5CB#CCBDC8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8FFAAB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.09:1 Fails
Against black text10.04:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA8FDD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA8FDD

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 #FA8FDD: ·

How #FA8FDD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CCCBCADeuteranopia · #D2DAC6Tritanopia · #F5BBB8

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 pink 500 · #EC4899Tailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA8FDD rather than the exact color:

Palette 27e1ce
#27E1CE · #EFFFB7 · #D6EC78 · #FF98DA
Scarlet Solace
#EF90E1 · #D921BE · #9E1A8B · #490D40
Palette E25d4e
#E25D4E · #A93545 · #D9528B · #FF92E8
Scarlet Summit
#0D8A24 · #70F284 · #EE49D0 · #EF95E5
Palette 7effdb
#7EFFDB · #B693FE · #8C82FC · #FF9DE2
Ruby Zephyr
#8E1EA2 · #C654C3 · #ED96D7 · #FFC0DE

Similar colors

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

#FF98DA#EF90E1#FF92E8#EF95E5#FF9DE2#ED96D7#FF97D0#EE8EE8#FB9AD1#FF9BD2#FE81D4#FF7EE2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA8FDC  ·  #FA8FDE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA8FDD?

#FA8FDD is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 143, 221). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA8FDD?

#FA8FDD is RGB 250, 143, 221 — HSL 316°, 91%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 43%, 12%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA8FDD?

Its complement is #8FFAAB; analogous partners are #E18FFA and #FA8FA8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA8FDD for text?

Black text on #FA8FDD has a contrast ratio of 10.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.09:1.