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#FA9CA2 — Light Vivid Red

#FA9CA2 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 #FA9CA2 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.

#FA9CA2 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 #9EFAF4; it also sits naturally between #FA9ED2 and #FAC69E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA9CA2 · RGB 250, 156, 162

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Color values

HEX#FA9CA2
RGB250, 156, 162
HSL356°, 90%, 80%
HSV356°, 38%, 98%
CMYK0%, 38%, 35%, 2%
XYZ57.83, 46.71, 40.15
Yxy46.71, 0.3997, 0.3228
CIE-Lab74.00, 35.75, 11.76
Hunter Lab68.34, 35.66, 9.65

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 61% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 38% · Yellow 35% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA9CA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA9CA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA9CA2

.text { color: #FA9CA2; }
.background { background-color: #FA9CA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA9CA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 156, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(356, 90%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA9CA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 156, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA9CA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 156, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA9CA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA9CA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA9CA2

#F87780#F65560#F42F3C#F20D1C#CB0B18#A50913#83070F#5C050B#3A0307#130102

Tints of #FA9CA2

#FAA8AD#FBADB2#FBB6BB#FBBBBF#FCC5C9#FCCFD2#FDD3D6#FDDDDF#FDE2E4#FEECED

Tones of #FA9CA2

#F3A5AA#EDABB0#E6B2B5#E0B8BB#D9BFC1#D3C5C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9EFAF4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.03:1 Fails
Against black text10.34:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA9CA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA9CA2

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 #FA9CA2: ·

How #FA9CA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D1D0A1Deuteranopia · #D7DEA0Tritanopia · #F59F9F

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 a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FA9CA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette F59aa3
#F59AA3 · #F5E4C3 · #34A7B2 · #5B2E35
Palette F9fbe7
#F9FBE7 · #F0EDD4 · #ECCDB4 · #FEA1A1
Palette E97777
#E97777 · #FF9F9F · #FCDDB0 · #FFFAD7
Palette Ff9d9d
#FF9D9D · #FFC5AA · #EEF8CD · #BBF1D2
Palette Ffecc0
#FFECC0 · #FFC29B · #F39F9F · #B95E82
Palette F7a4a4
#F7A4A4 · #FEBE8C · #FFFBC1 · #B6E2A1

Similar colors

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

#F59AA3#FEA1A1#FF9F9F#FF9D9D#F39F9F#F7A4A4#FF95A5#FFA09B#FFA4A4#FF9EAA#FF9A9A#F7A5A5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA9CA1  ·  #FA9CA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA9CA2?

#FA9CA2 is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 156, 162). Its closest standard named color is LightSalmon.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA9CA2?

#FA9CA2 is RGB 250, 156, 162 — HSL 356°, 90%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 38%, 35%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA9CA2?

Its complement is #9EFAF4; analogous partners are #FA9ED2 and #FAC69E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA9CA2 for text?

Black text on #FA9CA2 has a contrast ratio of 10.34:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.03:1.