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#FA99AB — Light Vivid Red

#FA99AB is a red color we call Light Vivid Red, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #FA99AB 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.

#FA99AB is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #99FAE8; it also sits naturally between #FA99DB and #FAB899. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA99AB · RGB 250, 153, 171

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Color values

HEX#FA99AB
RGB250, 153, 171
HSL349°, 91%, 79%
HSV349°, 39%, 98%
CMYK0%, 39%, 32%, 2%
XYZ58.17, 46.05, 44.35
Yxy46.05, 0.3915, 0.3099
CIE-Lab73.58, 38.40, 6.19
Hunter Lab67.86, 38.48, 5.25

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 60% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 39% · Yellow 32% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA99AB on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA99AB on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA99AB

.text { color: #FA99AB; }
.background { background-color: #FA99AB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA99AB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 153, 171); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(349, 91%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA99AB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 153, 171, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA99AB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 153, 171, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA99AB">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA99AB">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA99AB

#F9778E#F7506E#F52E52#EF0B35#CD0A2D#A60825#84061D#5D0415#3A030D#130104

Tints of #FA99AB

#FBA2B3#FBA7B7#FBB1BF#FCBBC7#FCC5CF#FCC9D3#FDD3DB#FDDDE3#FEE2E7#FEECEF

Tones of #FA99AB

#F3A0AF#ECA7B3#E5AEB8#DEB5BC#D7BCC1#D0C2C5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #99FAE8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.06:1 Fails
Against black text10.21:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA99AB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA99AB

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 #FA99AB: ·

How #FA99AB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D0CFA7Deuteranopia · #D6DDA6Tritanopia · #F5A3A2

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 #FA99AB rather than the exact color:

Palette 3aa6b9
#3AA6B9 · #FFD0D0 · #FF9EAA · #C1ECE4
Palette 3aa6b9
#3AA6B9 · #FFD0D0 · #FF9EAA · #F9F9E0
Palette F29aae
#F29AAE · #C47BE4 · #7132CA · #301CA0
Cosmic Ruby
#425B9A · #76C0EC · #FFF6DC · #FF95A5
Palette B7fbff
#B7FBFF · #FFF6BE · #FFE0A3 · #FFA1AC
Palette F59aa3
#F59AA3 · #F5E4C3 · #34A7B2 · #5B2E35

Similar colors

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

#FF9EAA#F29AAE#FF95A5#FFA1AC#F59AA3#FFA3AC#F09EAE#F999B7#FEA5AD#F48FB1#F7A4A4#FEA1A1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA99AA  ·  #FA99AC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA99AB?

#FA99AB is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 153, 171). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA99AB?

#FA99AB is RGB 250, 153, 171 — HSL 349°, 91%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 39%, 32%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA99AB?

Its complement is #99FAE8; analogous partners are #FA99DB and #FAB899. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA99AB for text?

Black text on #FA99AB has a contrast ratio of 10.21:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.06:1.