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#FEAFA3 — Pale Vivid Red

#FEAFA3 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 #FEAFA3 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.

#FEAFA3 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 #A4F2FE; it also sits naturally between #FEA4C5 and #FEDDA4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEAFA3 · RGB 254, 175, 163

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Color values

HEX#FEAFA3
RGB254, 175, 163
HSL8°, 98%, 82%
HSV8°, 36%, 100%
CMYK0%, 31%, 36%, 0%
XYZ62.81, 54.38, 41.84
Yxy54.38, 0.3950, 0.3419
CIE-Lab78.68, 27.42, 17.84
Hunter Lab73.74, 27.38, 14.50

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 69% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 31% · Yellow 36% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEAFA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEAFA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEAFA3

.text { color: #FEAFA3; }
.background { background-color: #FEAFA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEAFA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 175, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(8, 98%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEAFA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 175, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEAFA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 175, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEAFA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEAFA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEAFA3

#FE8D7C#FD6A53#FD4B30#FD2808#D91F02#B11902#881301#650E01#3D0901#140300

Tints of #FEAFA3

#FEB4A9#FEBDB3#FEC2B8#FECAC2#FECFC7#FED3CD#FFDCD7#FFE0DC#FFE9E6#FFEDEB

Tones of #FEAFA3

#F8B5AB#F1BAB1#EBBEB7#E4C3BE#DEC8C4#D8CCCB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A4F2FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.77:1 Fails
Against black text11.88:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEAFA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEAFA3

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 #FEAFA3: ·

How #FEAFA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DCDBA6Deuteranopia · #E0E6A7Tritanopia · #FAA8A9

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 #FEAFA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 9adcff
#9ADCFF · #FFF89A · #FFB2A6 · #FF8AAE
Palette Ffcdb2
#FFCDB2 · #FFB4A2 · #E5989B · #B5828C
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #DCEDC1 · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #FDFFAB · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette Dcedc2
#DCEDC2 · #FFD3B5 · #FFAAA6 · #FF8C94
Palette Fcffc1
#FCFFC1 · #FFE893 · #FBB4A5 · #FB9EC6

Similar colors

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

#FFB2A6#FFB4A2#FFAAA5#FFAAA6#FBB4A5#FFAAA7#FDAB9E#FFB6A6#FDAAAA#FFAAAA#FFABAB#FFA6A6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEAFA2  ·  #FEAFA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEAFA3?

#FEAFA3 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 254, 175, 163). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEAFA3?

#FEAFA3 is RGB 254, 175, 163 — HSL 8°, 98%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 31%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEAFA3?

Its complement is #A4F2FE; analogous partners are #FEA4C5 and #FEDDA4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEAFA3 for text?

Black text on #FEAFA3 has a contrast ratio of 11.88:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.77:1.