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#FAACA2 — Light Vivid Red

#FAACA2 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 #FAACA2 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.

#FAACA2 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 #A3F0FA; it also sits naturally between #FAA3C4 and #FAD9A3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAACA2 · RGB 250, 172, 162

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Color values

HEX#FAACA2
RGB250, 172, 162
HSL7°, 90%, 81%
HSV7°, 35%, 98%
CMYK0%, 31%, 35%, 2%
XYZ60.70, 52.44, 41.10
Yxy52.44, 0.3935, 0.3400
CIE-Lab77.54, 27.38, 16.73
Hunter Lab72.41, 27.19, 13.60

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 31% · Yellow 35% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAACA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAACA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAACA2

.text { color: #FAACA2; }
.background { background-color: #FAACA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAACA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 172, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(7, 90%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAACA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 172, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAACA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 172, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAACA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAACA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAACA2

#F88B7C#F66C5A#F44A34#F2280D#D0220B#AA1C09#831507#5C0F05#3A0903#130301

Tints of #FAACA2

#FBB6AD#FBBAB1#FBC3BB#FCC7C0#FCD0CA#FCD4CF#FDDDD8#FDE1DD#FEE9E7#FEEEEC

Tones of #FAACA2

#F4B2A9#EEB7B0#E7BCB6#E1C0BC#DBC5C2#D5CAC8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3F0FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.83:1 Fails
Against black text11.49:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAACA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAACA2

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 #FAACA2: ·

How #FAACA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D8A4Deuteranopia · #DDE3A5Tritanopia · #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 #FAACA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette C7db9c
#C7DB9C · #FFF0BD · #FDAB9E · #E50046
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #DCEDC1 · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #FDFFAB · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
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:

#FDAB9E#FFAAA5#FFAAA6#FFAAA7#F7A5A5#FBB4A5#FDAAAA#F7A4A4#F5A8A8#FFA6A6#FFB2A6#F4A9A8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAACA1  ·  #FAACA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAACA2?

#FAACA2 is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 172, 162). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAACA2?

#FAACA2 is RGB 250, 172, 162 — HSL 7°, 90%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 31%, 35%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAACA2?

Its complement is #A3F0FA; analogous partners are #FAA3C4 and #FAD9A3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAACA2 for text?

Black text on #FAACA2 has a contrast ratio of 11.49:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.83:1.