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#FBABA2 — Light Vivid Red

#FBABA2 is a red color we call Light 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 #FBABA2 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.

#FBABA2 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 #A2F2FB; it also sits naturally between #FBA2C6 and #FBD7A2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBABA2 · RGB 251, 171, 162

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Color values

HEX#FBABA2
RGB251, 171, 162
HSL6°, 92%, 81%
HSV6°, 35%, 98%
CMYK0%, 32%, 35%, 2%
XYZ60.87, 52.24, 41.06
Yxy52.24, 0.3948, 0.3389
CIE-Lab77.43, 28.28, 16.59
Hunter Lab72.28, 28.13, 13.48

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 32% · Yellow 35% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBABA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBABA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBABA2

.text { color: #FBABA2; }
.background { background-color: #FBABA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBABA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 171, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 92%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBABA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 171, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBABA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 171, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBABA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBABA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBABA2

#F9877B#F86859#F64531#F5220A#D31D09#AB1807#841206#5D0D04#3B0802#140301

Tints of #FBABA2

#FCB4AC#FCB8B1#FCC1BA#FCC5BF#FDCEC9#FDD3CE#FDDCD8#FEE0DD#FEE9E7#FEEDEB

Tones of #FBABA2

#F5B0A8#EFB5AF#E8BAB5#E1BFBC#DBC4C2#D5CAC8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A2F2FB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.83:1 Fails
Against black text11.45:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBABA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBABA2

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 #FBABA2: ·

How #FBABA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D8A4Deuteranopia · #DDE3A5Tritanopia · #F7A6A6

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 #FBABA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette C7db9c
#C7DB9C · #FFF0BD · #FDAB9E · #E50046
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #DCEDC1 · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #FDFFAB · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette Dcedc2
#DCEDC2 · #FFD3B5 · #FFAAA6 · #FF8C94
Palette 98ddca
#98DDCA · #D5ECC2 · #FFD3B4 · #FFAAA7
Palette Eb4c4c
#EB4C4C · #FF7070 · #FFA6A6 · #FFEDC7

Similar colors

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

#FDAB9E#FFAAA5#FFAAA6#FFAAA7#FFA6A6#F7A5A5#FFA4A4#FDAAAA#F7A4A4#FFAAAA#FFB2A6#F5A8A8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBABA1  ·  #FBABA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBABA2?

#FBABA2 is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 251, 171, 162). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBABA2?

#FBABA2 is RGB 251, 171, 162 — HSL 6°, 92%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 35%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBABA2?

Its complement is #A2F2FB; analogous partners are #FBA2C6 and #FBD7A2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBABA2 for text?

Black text on #FBABA2 has a contrast ratio of 11.45:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.83:1.