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#FAABA3 — Light Vivid Red

#FAABA3 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 #FAABA3 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.

#FAABA3 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 #A3F1FA; it also sits naturally between #FAA3C6 and #FAD7A3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAABA3 · RGB 250, 171, 163

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Color values

HEX#FAABA3
RGB250, 171, 163
HSL6°, 90%, 81%
HSV6°, 35%, 98%
CMYK0%, 32%, 35%, 2%
XYZ60.60, 52.09, 41.51
Yxy52.09, 0.3930, 0.3378
CIE-Lab77.34, 28.02, 15.90
Hunter Lab72.18, 27.85, 12.97

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 32% · Yellow 35% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAABA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAABA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAABA3

.text { color: #FAABA3; }
.background { background-color: #FAABA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAABA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 171, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 90%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAABA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 171, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAABA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 171, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAABA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAABA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAABA3

#F8897C#F66A5A#F44734#F2240D#D01F0B#AA1909#831307#5C0E05#3A0903#130301

Tints of #FAABA3

#FBB4AD#FBB9B1#FBC2BB#FCC6C0#FCCFCA#FCD3CF#FDDCD8#FDE0DD#FEE9E7#FEEDEC

Tones of #FAABA3

#F4B1A9#EEB6B0#E7BBB6#E1BFBC#DBC4C2#D5CAC8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3F1FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.84:1 Fails
Against black text11.42:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAABA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAABA3

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 #FAABA3: ·

How #FAABA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D7A5Deuteranopia · #DCE2A5Tritanopia · #F6A6A7

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 #FAABA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #DCEDC1 · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #FDFFAB · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette C7db9c
#C7DB9C · #FFF0BD · #FDAB9E · #E50046
Palette Dcedc2
#DCEDC2 · #FFD3B5 · #FFAAA6 · #FF8C94
Palette 98ddca
#98DDCA · #D5ECC2 · #FFD3B4 · #FFAAA7
Honey Garden
#1123C0 · #9920EB · #F26ECA · #F7A5A5

Similar colors

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

#FFAAA5#FDAB9E#FFAAA6#FFAAA7#F7A5A5#FFA6A6#FDAAAA#F7A4A4#F5A8A8#F4A9A8#FFA4A4#FFAAAA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAABA2  ·  #FAABA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAABA3?

#FAABA3 is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 171, 163). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAABA3?

#FAABA3 is RGB 250, 171, 163 — HSL 6°, 90%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 35%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAABA3?

Its complement is #A3F1FA; analogous partners are #FAA3C6 and #FAD7A3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAABA3 for text?

Black text on #FAABA3 has a contrast ratio of 11.42:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.84:1.