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#FAAFAE — Pale Vivid Red

#FAAFAE 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 #FAAFAE 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.

#FAAFAE 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 #AEF9FA; it also sits naturally between #FAAED2 and #FAD5AE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FAAFAE · RGB 250, 175, 174

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Color values

HEX#FAAFAE
RGB250, 175, 174
HSL1°, 88%, 83%
HSV1°, 30%, 98%
CMYK0%, 30%, 30%, 2%
XYZ62.39, 54.04, 47.19
Yxy54.04, 0.3813, 0.3303
CIE-Lab78.49, 27.29, 11.56
Hunter Lab73.51, 27.21, 9.76

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 69% · Blue 68%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FAAFAE

.text { color: #FAAFAE; }
.background { background-color: #FAAFAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FAAFAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 175, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(1, 88%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FAAFAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 175, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FAAFAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 175, 174, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FAAFAE

#F78987#F56361#F23E3A#F01814#D3110D#AD0E0B#860B09#600806#3A0504#130201

Tints of #FAAFAE

#FAB3B2#FBBDBC#FBC2C1#FBC6C5#FCD0CF#FCD5D4#FDD9D9#FDDEDD#FDE7E7#FEECEC

Tones of #FAAFAE

#F4B4B3#EFB9B8#E9BFBE#E4C4C3#DEC9C9#D9CECE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEF9FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.78:1 Fails
Against black text11.81:1 AAA

Best text color on #FAAFAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FAAFAE

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 #FAAFAE: ·

How #FAAFAE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DAD9AEDeuteranopia · #DEE4AETritanopia · #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 #FAAFAE rather than the exact color:

Palette 99e1e5
#99E1E5 · #F3E8CB · #F2C6B4 · #FBAFAF
Palette Ffeadd
#FFEADD · #FCAEAE · #FF8989 · #FF6666
Palette Eda1c1
#EDA1C1 · #FAB2AC · #BEE4D2 · #D7F8F7
Tranquil Ruby
#F29191 · #F7ADAD · #B1E5E6 · #CCFBFA
Palette Feeac9
#FEEAC9 · #FFCDC9 · #FDACAC · #FD7979
Palette Fcf8f8
#FCF8F8 · #FBEFEF · #F9DFDF · #F5AFAF

Similar colors

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

#FBAFAF#FCAEAE#FAB2AC#F7ADAD#FDACAC#F5AFAF#FFAFAF#F8B2B2#FFADAD#FFB0B0#FFB1B1#FFACAC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FAAFAD  ·  #FAAFAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FAAFAE?

#FAAFAE is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 175, 174). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FAAFAE?

#FAAFAE is RGB 250, 175, 174 — HSL 1°, 88%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 30%, 30%, 2%.

What colors go with #FAAFAE?

Its complement is #AEF9FA; analogous partners are #FAAED2 and #FAD5AE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FAAFAE for text?

Black text on #FAAFAE has a contrast ratio of 11.81:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.78:1.