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#FAA3BC — Light Vivid Pink

#FAA3BC is a pink color we call Light Vivid Pink, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #FAA3BC 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.

#FAA3BC 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 #A3FAE1; it also sits naturally between #FAA3E7 and #FAB6A3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAA3BC · RGB 250, 163, 188

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Color values

HEX#FAA3BC
RGB250, 163, 188
HSL343°, 90%, 81%
HSV343°, 35%, 98%
CMYK0%, 35%, 25%, 2%
XYZ61.60, 50.15, 54.01
Yxy50.15, 0.3716, 0.3025
CIE-Lab76.16, 35.45, 0.58
Hunter Lab70.82, 35.68, 0.52

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 64% · Blue 74%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 35% · Yellow 25% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAA3BC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAA3BC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAA3BC

.text { color: #FAA3BC; }
.background { background-color: #FAA3BC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAA3BC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 163, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(343, 90%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAA3BC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 163, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAA3BC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 163, 188, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAA3BC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAA3BC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAA3BC

#F87C9F#F65A86#F4346A#F20D4E#D00B43#AA0936#83072A#5C051E#3A0313#130106

Tints of #FAA3BC

#FBADC3#FBB1C6#FBBBCD#FCC0D1#FCCAD8#FCCFDC#FDD8E3#FDDDE6#FEE7ED#FEECF1

Tones of #FAA3BC

#F4A9BE#EEB0C1#E7B6C4#E1BCC6#DBC2C9#D5C8CC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3FAE1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.90:1 Fails
Against black text11.03:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAA3BC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAA3BC

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 #FAA3BC: ·

How #FAA3BC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D4D4B6Deuteranopia · #D9E0B5Tritanopia · #F6B1B0

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:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FAA3BC rather than the exact color:

Palette 533b4d
#533B4D · #F564A9 · #FAA4BD · #FAE3C6
Palette Fba1b7
#FBA1B7 · #FFD1DA · #FFF0F5 · #FFDBAA
Crimson Cinder
#A011B8 · #EA21C8 · #EF55A5 · #F7AABA
Palette Fe81d4
#FE81D4 · #FAACBF · #FBC3C1 · #FFEABB
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F0FFDF · #FFD8DF · #FFAAB8
Electric Petal
#3E15AC · #AA1DE4 · #EB57D4 · #F3A0C2

Similar colors

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

#FAA4BD#FBA1B7#F7AABA#FAACBF#FFAAB8#F3A0C2#F7A8C4#F39EB6#FFADBC#F999B7#FB9EC6#F4ACB7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAA3BB  ·  #FAA3BD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAA3BC?

#FAA3BC is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 163, 188). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAA3BC?

#FAA3BC is RGB 250, 163, 188 — HSL 343°, 90%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 35%, 25%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAA3BC?

Its complement is #A3FAE1; analogous partners are #FAA3E7 and #FAB6A3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAA3BC for text?

Black text on #FAA3BC has a contrast ratio of 11.03:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.90:1.