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#FA9191 — Light Vivid Red

#FA9191 is a red color we call Light Vivid Red, closest to the named color LightSalmon (#FFA07A). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightsalmon (#FFA07A) — not an exact match. CSS lightsalmon gives you #FFA07A, a different color; use #FA9191 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.

#FA9191 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 #8FFAFA; it also sits naturally between #FA8FC4 and #FAC48F. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA9191 · RGB 250, 145, 145

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Color values

HEX#FA9191
RGB250, 145, 145
HSL0°, 91%, 77%
HSV0°, 42%, 98%
CMYK0%, 42%, 42%, 2%
XYZ54.66, 42.62, 32.13
Yxy42.62, 0.4224, 0.3293
CIE-Lab71.30, 39.52, 17.35
Hunter Lab65.28, 39.31, 13.46

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 57% · Blue 57%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 42% · Yellow 42% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA9191 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA9191 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA9191

.text { color: #FA9191; }
.background { background-color: #FA9191; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA9191; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 145, 145); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 91%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA9191; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 145, 145, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA9191; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 145, 145, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA9191">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA9191">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA9191

#F86D6D#F64646#F52424#EA0B0B#C80909#A10808#7F0606#5D0404#360303#130101

Tints of #FA9191

#FA9999#FBA2A2#FBACAC#FCB6B6#FCC0C0#FCC5C5#FDCECE#FDD8D8#FEE2E2#FEECEC

Tones of #FA9191

#F29797#EA9E9E#E3A6A6#DBADAD#D4B5B5#CCBDBD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8FFAFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.20:1 Fails
Against black text9.52:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA9191: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA9191

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 #FA9191: ·

How #FA9191 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CDCC91Deuteranopia · #D3DB91Tritanopia · #F59191

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 #FA9191

Palette Eb6383
#EB6383 · #FA9191 · #FFE9C5 · #B4F2E1

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA9191 rather than the exact color:

Palette 722f99
#722F99 · #C5C1C1 · #FEE7C8 · #FF9292
Palette Ff9292
#FF9292 · #FFB4B4 · #FFDCDC · #FFE8E8
Palette 657dc4
#657DC4 · #838ED9 · #ECE8E5 · #F59292
Palette Ffe699
#FFE699 · #FFF9B6 · #FF9292 · #FFCCD2
Palette Ff8f8f
#FF8F8F · #FFF1CB · #C2E2FA · #B7A3E3

Similar colors

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

#FF9292#F59292#FF8F8F#FF8E8F#FF9494#FF8C94#F29191#FF9797#FB9B8F#F39189#F29696#F39399

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA9190  ·  #FA9192 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA9191?

#FA9191 is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 145, 145). Its closest standard named color is LightSalmon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA9191?

#FA9191 is RGB 250, 145, 145 — HSL 0°, 91%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 42%, 42%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA9191?

Its complement is #8FFAFA; analogous partners are #FA8FC4 and #FAC48F. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA9191 for text?

Black text on #FA9191 has a contrast ratio of 9.52:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.20:1.