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#FABEAE — Pale Vivid Orange

#FABEAE is a orange color we call Pale Vivid Orange, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

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

#FABEAE is a warm orange color associated with warmth, appetite and friendliness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #AEE9FA; it also sits naturally between #FAAEC3 and #FAE4AE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FABEAE · RGB 250, 190, 174

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Color values

HEX#FABEAE
RGB250, 190, 174
HSL13°, 88%, 83%
HSV13°, 30%, 98%
CMYK0%, 24%, 30%, 2%
XYZ65.48, 60.21, 48.21
Yxy60.21, 0.3765, 0.3462
CIE-Lab81.95, 19.39, 16.44
Hunter Lab77.59, 19.29, 13.76

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 75% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 24% · Yellow 30% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FABEAE

.text { color: #FABEAE; }
.background { background-color: #FABEAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FABEAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 190, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(13, 88%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FABEAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 190, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FABEAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 190, 174, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FABEAE

#F79F87#F58161#F2623A#F04414#D3380D#AD2E0B#862409#601A06#3A0F04#130501

Tints of #FABEAE

#FAC2B2#FBC9BC#FBCDC1#FBD1C5#FCD9CF#FCDDD4#FDE0D9#FDE4DD#FDECE7#FEF0EC

Tones of #FABEAE

#F4C1B3#EFC4B8#E9C7BE#E4CAC3#DECEC9#D9D0CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEE9FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.61:1 Fails
Against black text13.04:1 AAA

Best text color on #FABEAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FABEAE

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 #FABEAE: ·

How #FABEAE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E0DFB2Deuteranopia · #E4E8B3Tritanopia · #F7B5B6

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 #FABEAE rather than the exact color:

Palette F9c0ab
#F9C0AB · #F4E0AF · #A8CD89 · #355F2E
Palette Fde5ec
#FDE5EC · #FCBAAD · #E48586 · #916DB3
Palette Be8abf
#BE8ABF · #EA9ABB · #FEA5AD · #F8C3AF
Palette 010059
#010059 · #107595 · #FDBFB3 · #FCF594
Palette Fabea7
#FABEA7 · #FBE2E5 · #9CADA4 · #767C77
Palette Ffacac
#FFACAC · #FFBFA9 · #FFEBB4 · #FBFFB1

Similar colors

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

#F9C0AB#FCBAAD#F8C3AF#FDBFB3#FABEA7#FFBFA9#F3BBAE#F8C4B4#FFC2B4#FFC5AA#FFC6AC#F4C3B4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FABEAD  ·  #FABEAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FABEAE?

#FABEAE is Pale Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 250, 190, 174). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FABEAE?

#FABEAE is RGB 250, 190, 174 — HSL 13°, 88%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 24%, 30%, 2%.

What colors go with #FABEAE?

Its complement is #AEE9FA; analogous partners are #FAAEC3 and #FAE4AE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FABEAE for text?

Black text on #FABEAE has a contrast ratio of 13.04:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.61:1.