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#FB8DCA — Light Vivid Pink

#FB8DCA is a pink color we call Light Vivid Pink, closest to the named color Violet (#EE82EE). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: violet (#EE82EE) — not an exact match. CSS violet gives you #EE82EE, a different color; use #FB8DCA 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.

#FB8DCA is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #8EFBBF; it also sits naturally between #F58EFB and #FB8E93. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FB8DCA · RGB 251, 141, 202

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Color values

HEX#FB8DCA
RGB251, 141, 202
HSL327°, 93%, 77%
HSV327°, 44%, 98%
CMYK0%, 44%, 20%, 2%
XYZ59.97, 43.82, 61.18
Yxy43.82, 0.3635, 0.2656
CIE-Lab72.11, 49.06, -13.12
Hunter Lab66.20, 50.17, -12.52

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 55% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 44% · Yellow 20% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FB8DCA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FB8DCA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FB8DCA

.text { color: #FB8DCA; }
.background { background-color: #FB8DCA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FB8DCA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 141, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(327, 93%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FB8DCA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 141, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FB8DCA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 141, 202, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FB8DCA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FB8DCA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FB8DCA

#FA6BBA#F844A7#F72297#EC0986#CA0772#A2065C#800548#5E0335#36021F#14010B

Tints of #FB8DCA

#FB98CE#FCA1D3#FCABD8#FCB5DC#FDBFE1#FDC4E3#FDCEE8#FED8EC#FEE1F1#FEEBF6

Tones of #FB8DCA

#F395C9#EB9EC8#E3A5C7#DCADC7#D4B5C6#CCBDC5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8EFBBF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.15:1 Fails
Against black text9.76:1 AAA

Best text color on #FB8DCA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FB8DCA

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 #FB8DCA: ·

How #FB8DCA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CBCABBDeuteranopia · #D2DAB8Tritanopia · #F6B0AD

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:

Tailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Tailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FB8DCA rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffb9b9
#FFB9B9 · #FFDDD2 · #FFACC7 · #FF8DC7
Palette 001b79
#001B79 · #1640D6 · #ED5AB3 · #FF90C2
Palette 3b0000
#3B0000 · #FF0000 · #FF95C5 · #FFF6CD
Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1
Palette Ff80c7
#FF80C7 · #FFBDA3 · #FFE1BB · #FAFFC4
Palette F599c6
#F599C6 · #FFEA88 · #7DCCAD · #4D6787

Similar colors

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

#FF8DC7#FF90C2#FF95C5#FF97D0#FF80C7#F599C6#FB9AD1#F097CA#FF90BC#F891BB#FE81D4#FF9BD2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FB8DC9  ·  #FB8DCB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FB8DCA?

#FB8DCA is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 251, 141, 202). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FB8DCA?

#FB8DCA is RGB 251, 141, 202 — HSL 327°, 93%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 44%, 20%, 2%.

What colors go with #FB8DCA?

Its complement is #8EFBBF; analogous partners are #F58EFB and #FB8E93. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FB8DCA for text?

Black text on #FB8DCA has a contrast ratio of 9.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.15:1.