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#FABAAF — Pale Vivid Red

#FABAAF 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 #FABAAF 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.

#FABAAF 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 #AEEEFA; it also sits naturally between #FAAEC8 and #FADFAE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FABAAF · RGB 250, 186, 175

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Color values

HEX#FABAAF
RGB250, 186, 175
HSL9°, 88%, 83%
HSV9°, 30%, 98%
CMYK0%, 26%, 30%, 2%
XYZ64.72, 58.54, 48.45
Yxy58.54, 0.3769, 0.3409
CIE-Lab81.04, 21.62, 14.62
Hunter Lab76.51, 21.53, 12.31

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 73% · Blue 69%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 30% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FABAAF

.text { color: #FABAAF; }
.background { background-color: #FABAAF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FABAAF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 186, 175); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(9, 88%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FABAAF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 186, 175, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FABAAF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 186, 175, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FABAAF

#F79887#F57761#F2563A#F03514#D32B0D#AD230B#861B09#601406#3A0C04#130401

Tints of #FABAAF

#FABDB2#FBC5BC#FBC9C1#FBCEC5#FCD6CF#FCDAD4#FDDED9#FDE2DD#FDEAE7#FEEFEC

Tones of #FABAAF

#F4BDB3#EFC1B8#E9C4BE#E4C8C3#DECCC9#D9D0CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEEEFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.65:1 Fails
Against black text12.71:1 AAA

Best text color on #FABAAF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FABAAF

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 #FABAAF: ·

How #FABAAF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DEDEB2Deuteranopia · #E2E7B2Tritanopia · #F7B4B4

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 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Fde5ec
#FDE5EC · #FCBAAD · #E48586 · #916DB3
Palette 010059
#010059 · #107595 · #FDBFB3 · #FCF594
Burning Horizon
#1082B7 · #37DBED · #EB5F1D · #F3BBAE
Palette F9c0ab
#F9C0AB · #F4E0AF · #A8CD89 · #355F2E
Palette Ffb4ac
#FFB4AC · #679186 · #264E70 · #FFEBD3
Palette Dddddd
#DDDDDD · #FAB7B7 · #F5A8A8 · #E19999

Similar colors

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

#FCBAAD#FDBFB3#F3BBAE#F9C0AB#FFB4AC#FAB7B7#FAB2AC#F8B2B2#FABEA7#F8C3AF#FFB4B4#FFBFA9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FABAAE  ·  #FABAB0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FABAAF?

#FABAAF is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 186, 175). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FABAAF?

#FABAAF is RGB 250, 186, 175 — HSL 9°, 88%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 30%, 2%.

What colors go with #FABAAF?

Its complement is #AEEEFA; analogous partners are #FAAEC8 and #FADFAE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FABAAF for text?

Black text on #FABAAF has a contrast ratio of 12.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.65:1.