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#FAABB0 — Pale Vivid Red

#FAABB0 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 #FAABB0 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.

#FAABB0 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 #ADFAF5; it also sits naturally between #FAADD9 and #FACFAD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAABB0 · RGB 250, 171, 176

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Color values

HEX#FAABB0
RGB250, 171, 176
HSL356°, 89%, 83%
HSV356°, 32%, 98%
CMYK0%, 32%, 30%, 2%
XYZ61.82, 52.58, 47.97
Yxy52.58, 0.3807, 0.3238
CIE-Lab77.63, 29.65, 9.25
Hunter Lab72.52, 29.62, 7.89

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 67% · Blue 69%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 32% · Yellow 30% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAABB0 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAABB0 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAABB0

.text { color: #FAABB0; }
.background { background-color: #FAABB0; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAABB0; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 171, 176); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(356, 89%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAABB0; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 171, 176, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAABB0; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 171, 176, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAABB0">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAABB0">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAABB0

#F8878E#F6606A#F33946#F11322#D40C1A#AE0A15#870810#60060C#3A0307#130102

Tints of #FAABB0

#FBB2B7#FBBCC0#FBC0C4#FCC5C9#FCCFD2#FCD4D6#FDD8DB#FDDDDF#FEE7E8#FEECED

Tones of #FAABB0

#F5B3B7#EFB8BC#EABEC0#E4C3C5#DEC9CA#D9CECF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ADFAF5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.82:1 Fails
Against black text11.52:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAABB0: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAABB0

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 #FAABB0: ·

How #FAABB0 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D7AFDeuteranopia · #DCE2AFTritanopia · #F6AEAE

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 #FAABB0 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffeadd
#FFEADD · #FCAEAE · #FF8989 · #FF6666
Palette 99e1e5
#99E1E5 · #F3E8CB · #F2C6B4 · #FBAFAF
Tranquil Ruby
#F29191 · #F7ADAD · #B1E5E6 · #CCFBFA
Palette Feeac9
#FEEAC9 · #FFCDC9 · #FDACAC · #FD7979
Palette Ffadad
#FFADAD · #FFDAC7 · #FFEFBC · #FFFEB7
Palette Fcf8f8
#FCF8F8 · #FBEFEF · #F9DFDF · #F5AFAF

Similar colors

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

#FCAEAE#FBAFAF#F7ADAD#FDACAC#FFADAD#F5AFAF#FFACAC#FFAFAF#FDAAAA#FFABAB#FFB0B0#F8B2B2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAABAF  ·  #FAABB1 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAABB0?

#FAABB0 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 171, 176). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAABB0?

#FAABB0 is RGB 250, 171, 176 — HSL 356°, 89%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 30%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAABB0?

Its complement is #ADFAF5; analogous partners are #FAADD9 and #FACFAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAABB0 for text?

Black text on #FAABB0 has a contrast ratio of 11.52:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.82:1.