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#FAABA9 — Pale Vivid Red

#FAABA9 is a red color we call Pale 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 #FAABA9 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.

#FAABA9 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 #A8F9FA; it also sits naturally between #FAA8D0 and #FAD2A8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAABA9 · RGB 250, 171, 169

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Color values

HEX#FAABA9
RGB250, 171, 169
HSL1°, 89%, 82%
HSV1°, 32%, 98%
CMYK0%, 32%, 32%, 2%
XYZ61.15, 52.31, 44.41
Yxy52.31, 0.3873, 0.3314
CIE-Lab77.47, 28.76, 12.83
Hunter Lab72.33, 28.64, 10.68

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 67% · Blue 66%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAABA9 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAABA9 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAABA9

.text { color: #FAABA9; }
.background { background-color: #FAABA9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAABA9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 171, 169); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(1, 89%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAABA9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 171, 169, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAABA9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 171, 169, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAABA9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAABA9">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAABA9

#F88482#F55E5B#F33D39#F11713#CF0F0C#A90C0A#820A08#600706#3A0403#130101

Tints of #FAABA9

#FAAEAD#FBB8B7#FBBDBC#FCC6C5#FCCBCA#FCD0CF#FDD9D8#FDDEDD#FEE7E7#FEECEC

Tones of #FAABA9

#F4AFAE#EEB5B4#E9BABA#E3C0C0#DDC6C6#D7CBCB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A8F9FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.83:1 Fails
Against black text11.46:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAABA9: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAABA9

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 #FAABA9: ·

How #FAABA9 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D7A9Deuteranopia · #DCE2AATritanopia · #F6AAAA

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 #FAABA9 rather than the exact color:

Palette 59ac77
#59AC77 · #3A6F43 · #FDAAAA · #FFD5D5
Palette Feeac9
#FEEAC9 · #FFCDC9 · #FDACAC · #FD7979
Palette Ffe99a
#FFE99A · #FFD586 · #FFAAAA · #FF9898
Palette Ffaaaa
#FFAAAA · #E37070 · #C7004C · #8F1537
Palette 399918
#399918 · #ECFFE6 · #FFAAAA · #FF7777
Tranquil Ruby
#F29191 · #F7ADAD · #B1E5E6 · #CCFBFA

Similar colors

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

#FDAAAA#FDACAC#FFAAAA#F7ADAD#FFABAB#FFAAA7#FFACAC#FFAAA6#F5A8A8#FCAEAE#F4A9A8#FFAAA5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAABA8  ·  #FAABAA →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAABA9?

#FAABA9 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 171, 169). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAABA9?

#FAABA9 is RGB 250, 171, 169 — HSL 1°, 89%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 32%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAABA9?

Its complement is #A8F9FA; analogous partners are #FAA8D0 and #FAD2A8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAABA9 for text?

Black text on #FAABA9 has a contrast ratio of 11.46:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.83:1.