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#FAAFA1 — Light Vivid Red

#FAAFA1 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 #FAAFA1 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.

#FAAFA1 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 #A3EDFA; it also sits naturally between #FAA3C1 and #FADCA3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAAFA1 · RGB 250, 175, 161

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Color values

HEX#FAAFA1
RGB250, 175, 161
HSL9°, 90%, 81%
HSV9°, 36%, 98%
CMYK0%, 30%, 36%, 2%
XYZ61.19, 53.56, 40.83
Yxy53.56, 0.3933, 0.3443
CIE-Lab78.20, 25.68, 18.19
Hunter Lab73.18, 25.48, 14.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 69% · Blue 63%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 30% · Yellow 36% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FAAFA1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FAAFA1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FAAFA1

.text { color: #FAAFA1; }
.background { background-color: #FAAFA1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAAFA1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 175, 161); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(9, 90%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAAFA1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 175, 161, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAAFA1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 175, 161, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FAAFA1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FAAFA1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FAAFA1

#F88F7C#F6725A#F45034#F22F0D#D0290B#AA2109#831907#5C1205#3A0B03#130401

Tints of #FAAFA1

#FBB8AD#FBBCB1#FBC5BB#FCC9C0#FCD1CA#FCD5CF#FDDED8#FDE2DD#FEEAE7#FEEEEC

Tones of #FAAFA1

#F4B4A9#EEB9B0#E7BDB6#E1C1BC#DBC6C2#D5CAC8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3EDFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.79:1 Fails
Against black text11.71:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAAFA1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAAFA1

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 #FAAFA1: ·

How #FAAFA1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DAD9A4Deuteranopia · #DEE4A5Tritanopia · #F6A7A8

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 #FAAFA1 rather than the exact color:

Palette C7db9c
#C7DB9C · #FFF0BD · #FDAB9E · #E50046
Palette Fcffc1
#FCFFC1 · #FFE893 · #FBB4A5 · #FB9EC6
Palette Ffcdb2
#FFCDB2 · #FFB4A2 · #E5989B · #B5828C
Palette 9adcff
#9ADCFF · #FFF89A · #FFB2A6 · #FF8AAE
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #DCEDC1 · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #FDFFAB · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5

Similar colors

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

#FDAB9E#FBB4A5#FFB4A2#FFB2A6#FFAAA5#FFAAA6#F6AE99#FFAAA7#FFB6A6#FFB399#FDAAAA#F4A9A8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAAFA0  ·  #FAAFA2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAAFA1?

#FAAFA1 is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 175, 161). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAAFA1?

#FAAFA1 is RGB 250, 175, 161 — HSL 9°, 90%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 30%, 36%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAAFA1?

Its complement is #A3EDFA; analogous partners are #FAA3C1 and #FADCA3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAAFA1 for text?

Black text on #FAAFA1 has a contrast ratio of 11.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.79:1.