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#FA9FA6 — Light Vivid Red

#FA9FA6 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 #FA9FA6 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.

#FA9FA6 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 #9EFAF2; it also sits naturally between #FA9ED4 and #FAC49E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FA9FA6 · RGB 250, 159, 166

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Color values

HEX#FA9FA6
RGB250, 159, 166
HSL355°, 90%, 80%
HSV355°, 36%, 98%
CMYK0%, 36%, 34%, 2%
XYZ58.71, 47.87, 42.22
Yxy47.87, 0.3945, 0.3217
CIE-Lab74.75, 34.67, 10.61
Hunter Lab69.19, 34.60, 8.81

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 62% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 36% · Yellow 34% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FA9FA6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FA9FA6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FA9FA6

.text { color: #FA9FA6; }
.background { background-color: #FA9FA6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FA9FA6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 159, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(355, 90%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FA9FA6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 159, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FA9FA6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 159, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FA9FA6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FA9FA6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FA9FA6

#F87782#F65563#F42F3F#F20D20#CB0B1B#A50916#830711#5C050C#3A0308#130103

Tints of #FA9FA6

#FAA8AF#FBADB3#FBB6BC#FBBBC1#FCC5C9#FCCFD2#FDD3D7#FDDDE0#FDE2E4#FEECED

Tones of #FA9FA6

#F3A5AB#EDABB1#E6B2B6#E0B8BB#D9BFC1#D3C5C6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9EFAF2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.99:1 Fails
Against black text10.57:1 AAA

Best text color on #FA9FA6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FA9FA6

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 #FA9FA6: ·

How #FA9FA6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D3D2A4Deuteranopia · #D8DFA4Tritanopia · #F5A3A3

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 #FA9FA6 rather than the exact color:

Palette F7a4a4
#F7A4A4 · #FEBE8C · #FFFBC1 · #B6E2A1
Palette 3aa6b9
#3AA6B9 · #FFD0D0 · #FF9EAA · #C1ECE4
Palette 3aa6b9
#3AA6B9 · #FFD0D0 · #FF9EAA · #F9F9E0
Palette F9fbe7
#F9FBE7 · #F0EDD4 · #ECCDB4 · #FEA1A1
Honey Garden
#1123C0 · #9920EB · #F26ECA · #F7A5A5
Palette 1a2a4f
#1A2A4F · #F7A5A5 · #FFDBB6 · #FFF2EF

Similar colors

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

#F7A4A4#FF9EAA#FEA1A1#F7A5A5#FFA4A4#F59AA3#FFA1AC#FFA6A6#FF9F9F#FFA3AC#F39F9F#FEA5AD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FA9FA5  ·  #FA9FA7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FA9FA6?

#FA9FA6 is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 159, 166). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FA9FA6?

#FA9FA6 is RGB 250, 159, 166 — HSL 355°, 90%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 36%, 34%, 2%.

What colors go with #FA9FA6?

Its complement is #9EFAF2; analogous partners are #FA9ED4 and #FAC49E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FA9FA6 for text?

Black text on #FA9FA6 has a contrast ratio of 10.57:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.99:1.