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#FAABAB — Pale Vivid Red

#FAABAB 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 #FAABAB 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.

#FAABAB 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 #ADFAFA; it also sits naturally between #FAADD4 and #FAD4AD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAABAB · RGB 250, 171, 171

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Color values

HEX#FAABAB
RGB250, 171, 171
HSL0°, 89%, 83%
HSV0°, 32%, 98%
CMYK0%, 32%, 32%, 2%
XYZ61.34, 52.39, 45.41
Yxy52.39, 0.3854, 0.3292
CIE-Lab77.51, 29.01, 11.81
Hunter Lab72.38, 28.92, 9.90

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 67% · Blue 67%

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

CSS code for #FAABAB

.text { color: #FAABAB; }
.background { background-color: #FAABAB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAABAB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 171, 171); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 89%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAABAB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 171, 171, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAABAB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 171, 171, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FAABAB

#F88787#F66060#F33939#F11313#D40C0C#AE0A0A#870808#600606#3A0303#130101

Tints of #FAABAB

#FBB2B2#FBBCBC#FBC0C0#FCC5C5#FCCFCF#FCD4D4#FDD8D8#FDDDDD#FEE7E7#FEECEC

Tones of #FAABAB

#F5B3B3#EFB8B8#EABEBE#E4C3C3#DEC9C9#D9CECE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ADFAFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.83:1 Fails
Against black text11.48:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAABAB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAABAB

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 #FAABAB: ·

How #FAABAB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D7ABDeuteranopia · #DCE2ABTritanopia · #F6ABAB

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 #FAABAB rather than the exact color:

Palette Feeac9
#FEEAC9 · #FFCDC9 · #FDACAC · #FD7979
Palette 59ac77
#59AC77 · #3A6F43 · #FDAAAA · #FFD5D5
Tranquil Ruby
#F29191 · #F7ADAD · #B1E5E6 · #CCFBFA
Palette Ffeadd
#FFEADD · #FCAEAE · #FF8989 · #FF6666
Palette D14d72
#D14D72 · #FFABAB · #FCC8D1 · #FEF2F4
Palette 3e1e68
#3E1E68 · #5D2F77 · #E45A92 · #FFACAC

Similar colors

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

#FDACAC#FDAAAA#F7ADAD#FCAEAE#FFABAB#FFACAC#FFAAAA#FBAFAF#FFADAD#FFAAA7#F5A8A8#F4A9A8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAABAA  ·  #FAABAC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAABAB?

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

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAABAB?

#FAABAB is RGB 250, 171, 171 — HSL 0°, 89%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 32%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAABAB?

Its complement is #ADFAFA; analogous partners are #FAADD4 and #FAD4AD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAABAB for text?

Black text on #FAABAB has a contrast ratio of 11.48:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.83:1.