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#FA99EF — Light Vivid Pink

#FA99EF 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 #FA99EF 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.

#FA99EF is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #99FAA4; it also sits naturally between #D599FA and #FA99BE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA99EF · RGB 250, 153, 239

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Color values

HEX#FA99EF
RGB250, 153, 239
HSL307°, 91%, 79%
HSV307°, 39%, 98%
CMYK0%, 39%, 4%, 2%
XYZ66.40, 49.34, 87.69
Yxy49.34, 0.3264, 0.2425
CIE-Lab75.66, 48.55, -28.04
Hunter Lab70.24, 50.34, -29.77

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 60% · Blue 94%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 39% · Yellow 4% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA99EF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA99EF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA99EF

.text { color: #FA99EF; }
.background { background-color: #FA99EF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA99EF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 153, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(307, 91%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA99EF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 153, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA99EF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 153, 239, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA99EF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA99EF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA99EF

#F977E9#F750E3#F52EDE#EF0BD4#CD0AB6#A60893#840675#5D0452#3A0334#130111

Tints of #FA99EF

#FBA2F0#FBA7F1#FBB1F3#FCBBF4#FCC5F6#FCC9F7#FDD3F8#FDDDFA#FEE2FA#FEECFC

Tones of #FA99EF

#F3A0E9#ECA7E4#E5AEDF#DEB5D9#D7BCD4#D0C2CF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #99FAA4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.93:1 Fails
Against black text10.87:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA99EF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA99EF

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 #FA99EF: ·

How #FA99EF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D0CFDADeuteranopia · #D6DDD5Tritanopia · #F5CAC6

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 · #D946EFBootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA99EF rather than the exact color:

Palette E25d4e
#E25D4E · #A93545 · #D9528B · #FF92E8
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Palette 7effdb
#7EFFDB · #B693FE · #8C82FC · #FF9DE2
Amber Ruby Drift
#0B840D · #2FED51 · #EC24E9 · #F2A4EA
Hidden Marble
#26C616 · #67EA49 · #D01AE2 · #EEA1ED
Dusty Ruby Breeze
#F3CCF5 · #EC9EEF · #D84FDE · #BF1FC6

Similar colors

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

#FF92E8#FFA1F5#FF9DE2#F2A4EA#EEA1ED#EC9EEF#EF95E5#EB98EB#EE8EE8#EA9EE9#FFA3FD#FFA6FB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA99EE  ·  #FA99F0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA99EF?

#FA99EF is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 153, 239). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA99EF?

#FA99EF is RGB 250, 153, 239 — HSL 307°, 91%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 39%, 4%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA99EF?

Its complement is #99FAA4; analogous partners are #D599FA and #FA99BE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA99EF for text?

Black text on #FA99EF has a contrast ratio of 10.87:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.93:1.