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#FAAEC2 — Pale Vivid Pink

#FAAEC2 is a pink color we call Pale Vivid Pink, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #FAAEC2 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.

#FAAEC2 is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #AEFAE5; it also sits naturally between #FAAEE8 and #FABFAE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAAEC2 · RGB 250, 174, 194

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Color values

HEX#FAAEC2
RGB250, 174, 194
HSL344°, 88%, 83%
HSV344°, 30%, 98%
CMYK0%, 30%, 22%, 2%
XYZ64.30, 54.49, 58.17
Yxy54.49, 0.3634, 0.3079
CIE-Lab78.75, 30.53, 1.08
Hunter Lab73.82, 30.72, 0.97

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 68% · Blue 76%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 30% · Yellow 22% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAAEC2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAAEC2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAAEC2

.text { color: #FAAEC2; }
.background { background-color: #FAAEC2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAAEC2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 174, 194); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(344, 88%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAAEC2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 174, 194, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAAEC2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 174, 194, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAAEC2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAAEC2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAAEC2

#F787A5#F56188#F23A6C#F0144F#D30D42#AD0B36#86092A#60061E#3A0412#130106

Tints of #FAAEC2

#FAB2C5#FBBCCD#FBC1D0#FBC5D4#FCCFDB#FCD4DF#FDD9E2#FDDDE6#FDE7ED#FEECF1

Tones of #FAAEC2

#F4B3C4#EFB8C7#E9BECA#E4C3CC#DEC9CF#D9CED1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEFAE5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.76:1 Fails
Against black text11.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAAEC2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAAEC2

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 #FAAEC2: ·

How #FAAEC2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D8BDDeuteranopia · #DEE3BCTritanopia · #F6B9B9

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FAAEC2 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fe81d4
#FE81D4 · #FAACBF · #FBC3C1 · #FFEABB
Palette Ffab73
#FFAB73 · #FFD384 · #FFF9B0 · #FFAEC0
Palette F4abc4
#F4ABC4 · #595B83 · #333456 · #060930
Palette Ac1754
#AC1754 · #E53888 · #F37199 · #F7A8C4
Palette Ffb9b9
#FFB9B9 · #FFDDD2 · #FFACC7 · #FF8DC7
Palette 667bc6
#667BC6 · #FDFFD2 · #FFB4C2 · #DA7297

Similar colors

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

#FAACBF#FFAEC0#F4ABC4#F7A8C4#FFACC7#FFB4C2#FFADBC#FFB3C6#F3B2C3#F7AABA#FFB6C1#F2B0C8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAAEC1  ·  #FAAEC3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAAEC2?

#FAAEC2 is Pale Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 174, 194). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAAEC2?

#FAAEC2 is RGB 250, 174, 194 — HSL 344°, 88%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 30%, 22%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAAEC2?

Its complement is #AEFAE5; analogous partners are #FAAEE8 and #FABFAE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAAEC2 for text?

Black text on #FAAEC2 has a contrast ratio of 11.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.76:1.