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#FA9FA3 — Light Vivid Red

#FA9FA3 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 #FA9FA3 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.

#FA9FA3 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 #9EFAF5; it also sits naturally between #FA9ED1 and #FAC79E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA9FA3 · RGB 250, 159, 163

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Color values

HEX#FA9FA3
RGB250, 159, 163
HSL357°, 90%, 80%
HSV357°, 36%, 98%
CMYK0%, 36%, 35%, 2%
XYZ58.43, 47.76, 40.79
Yxy47.76, 0.3975, 0.3250
CIE-Lab74.68, 34.31, 12.16
Hunter Lab69.11, 34.20, 9.99

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 62% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 36% · Yellow 35% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA9FA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA9FA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA9FA3

.text { color: #FA9FA3; }
.background { background-color: #FA9FA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA9FA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 159, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(357, 90%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA9FA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 159, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA9FA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 159, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA9FA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA9FA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA9FA3

#F8777E#F6555D#F42F39#F20D18#CB0B14#A50910#83070D#5C0509#3A0306#130102

Tints of #FA9FA3

#FAA8AC#FBADB1#FBB6BA#FBBBBE#FCC5C8#FCCFD1#FDD3D5#FDDDDF#FDE2E3#FEECED

Tones of #FA9FA3

#F3A5A9#EDABAF#E6B2B5#E0B8BA#D9BFC0#D3C5C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9EFAF5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.99:1 Fails
Against black text10.55:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA9FA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA9FA3

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 #FA9FA3: ·

How #FA9FA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D3D2A2Deuteranopia · #D8DFA2Tritanopia · #F5A1A1

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 #FA9FA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette F9fbe7
#F9FBE7 · #F0EDD4 · #ECCDB4 · #FEA1A1
Palette F7a4a4
#F7A4A4 · #FEBE8C · #FFFBC1 · #B6E2A1
Palette E97777
#E97777 · #FF9F9F · #FCDDB0 · #FFFAD7
Honey Garden
#1123C0 · #9920EB · #F26ECA · #F7A5A5
Palette 1a2a4f
#1A2A4F · #F7A5A5 · #FFDBB6 · #FFF2EF
Palette 5d688a
#5D688A · #F7A5A5 · #FFDBB6 · #FFF2EF

Similar colors

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

#FEA1A1#F7A4A4#FF9F9F#F7A5A5#F59AA3#FFA4A4#FF9D9D#F39F9F#FF9EAA#FFA6A6#FFA09B#FFA1AC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA9FA2  ·  #FA9FA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA9FA3?

#FA9FA3 is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 159, 163). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA9FA3?

#FA9FA3 is RGB 250, 159, 163 — HSL 357°, 90%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 36%, 35%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA9FA3?

Its complement is #9EFAF5; analogous partners are #FA9ED1 and #FAC79E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA9FA3 for text?

Black text on #FA9FA3 has a contrast ratio of 10.55:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.99:1.