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#FAAEE2 — Pale Vivid Pink

#FAAEE2 is a pink color we call Pale Vivid Pink, closest to the named color Pink (#FFC0CB). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: pink (#FFC0CB) — not an exact match. CSS pink gives you #FFC0CB, a different color; use #FAAEE2 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.

#FAAEE2 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 #AEFAC6; it also sits naturally between #ECAEFA and #FAAEBB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAAEE2 · RGB 250, 174, 226

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Color values

HEX#FAAEE2
RGB250, 174, 226
HSL319°, 88%, 83%
HSV319°, 30%, 98%
CMYK0%, 30%, 10%, 2%
XYZ68.29, 56.09, 79.18
Yxy56.09, 0.3355, 0.2755
CIE-Lab79.66, 35.48, -14.91
Hunter Lab74.89, 36.27, -14.89

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 68% · Blue 89%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 30% · Yellow 10% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAAEE2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAAEE2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAAEE2

.text { color: #FAAEE2; }
.background { background-color: #FAAEE2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAAEE2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 174, 226); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(319, 88%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAAEE2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 174, 226, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAAEE2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 174, 226, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAAEE2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAAEE2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAAEE2

#F787D4#F561C6#F23AB8#F014AA#D30D94#AD0B79#86095E#600643#3A0428#13010D

Tints of #FAAEE2

#FAB2E3#FBBCE7#FBC1E9#FBC5EA#FCCFEE#FCD4EF#FDD9F1#FDDDF3#FDE7F6#FEECF8

Tones of #FAAEE2

#F4B3E0#EFB8DE#E9BEDC#E4C3DA#DEC9D8#D9CED6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEFAC6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.72:1 Fails
Against black text12.22:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAAEE2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAAEE2

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 #FAAEE2: ·

How #FAAEE2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D8D5Deuteranopia · #DEE3D2Tritanopia · #F6CBC9

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 · #F8F9FATailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FAAEE2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 937dc2
#937DC2 · #C689C6 · #FFABE1 · #FFE6F7
Palette Ffe6e6
#FFE6E6 · #FFABE1 · #A685E2 · #6155A6
Crystal Ruby Cinder
#F5B3EA · #E666D1 · #D020B4 · #961782
Palette Ffedfa
#FFEDFA · #FFB8E0 · #EC7FA9 · #BE5985
Palette F9b2d7
#F9B2D7 · #CFECF3 · #DAF9DE · #F6FFDC
Palette 6420aa
#6420AA · #FF3EA5 · #FF7ED4 · #FFB5DA

Similar colors

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

#FFABE1#F5B3EA#FFB8E0#F9B2D7#FFB5DA#FDB7EA#FFADEE#FFB6D9#FFBBE1#F0B1EC#F2A4EA#F2AFEF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAAEE1  ·  #FAAEE3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAAEE2?

#FAAEE2 is Pale Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 174, 226). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAAEE2?

#FAAEE2 is RGB 250, 174, 226 — HSL 319°, 88%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 30%, 10%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAAEE2?

Its complement is #AEFAC6; analogous partners are #ECAEFA and #FAAEBB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAAEE2 for text?

Black text on #FAAEE2 has a contrast ratio of 12.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.72:1.