Palettes / Colors / #FACAFA

#FACAFA — Pale Vivid Pink

#FACAFA is a pink color we call Pale Vivid Pink, closest to the named color Lavender (#E6E6FA). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lavender (#E6E6FA) — not an exact match. CSS lavender gives you #E6E6FA, a different color; use #FACAFA 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.

#FACAFA 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 #CCFACC; it also sits naturally between #E3CCFA and #FACCE3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 79% · Blue 98%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 0% · Key 2%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FACAFA

.text { color: #FACAFA; }
.background { background-color: #FACAFA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FACAFA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 202, 250); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(300, 83%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FACAFA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 202, 250, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FACAFA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 202, 250, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FACAFA

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCFACC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FACAFA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FACAFA

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:

How #FACAFA looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

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

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FACAF9  ·  #FACAFB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FACAFA?

#FACAFA is Pale Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 250, 202, 250). Its closest standard named color is Lavender.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FACAFA?

#FACAFA is RGB 250, 202, 250 — HSL 300°, 83%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 19%, 0%, 2%.

What colors go with #FACAFA?

Its complement is #CCFACC; analogous partners are #E3CCFA and #FACCE3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FACAFA for text?

Black text on #FACAFA has a contrast ratio of 14.89:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.41:1.