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#FFA3BF — Pale Vivid Pink

#FFA3BF is a pink color we call Pale Vivid Pink, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #FFA3BF 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.

#FFA3BF 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 #A3FFE3; it also sits naturally between #FFA3ED and #FFB6A3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FFA3BF · RGB 255, 163, 191

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Color values

HEX#FFA3BF
RGB255, 163, 191
HSL342°, 100%, 82%
HSV342°, 36%, 100%
CMYK0%, 36%, 25%, 0%
XYZ63.74, 51.22, 55.82
Yxy51.22, 0.3732, 0.2999
CIE-Lab76.81, 37.61, -0.05
Hunter Lab71.57, 38.16, -0.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 64% · Blue 75%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 36% · Yellow 25% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FFA3BF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FFA3BF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FFA3BF

.text { color: #FFA3BF; }
.background { background-color: #FFA3BF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FFA3BF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 163, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(342, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FFA3BF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 163, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FFA3BF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 163, 191, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FFA3BF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FFA3BF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FFA3BF

#FF7AA2#FF5286#FF2E6D#FF0550#DB0042#B30036#8A0029#66001F#3D0012#140006

Tints of #FFA3BF

#FFA8C2#FFB3C9#FFB8CD#FFC2D4#FFC7D8#FFCCDB#FFD6E2#FFDBE6#FFE5ED#FFEBF1

Tones of #FFA3BF

#F9AAC1#F2B1C4#EBB7C7#E5BDC9#DEC4CC#D8CBCF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3FFE3:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.87:1 Fails
Against black text11.24:1 AAA

Best text color on #FFA3BF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FFA3BF

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 #FFA3BF: ·

How #FFA3BF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D7D6B8Deuteranopia · #DDE3B7Tritanopia · #FAB3B2

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 · #EC4899Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FFA3BF rather than the exact color:

Palette 533b4d
#533B4D · #F564A9 · #FAA4BD · #FAE3C6
Palette Fba1b7
#FBA1B7 · #FFD1DA · #FFF0F5 · #FFDBAA
Palette Fcffc1
#FCFFC1 · #FFE893 · #FBB4A5 · #FB9EC6
Palette Fe9ec7
#FE9EC7 · #F9F6C4 · #89D4FF · #44ACFF
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F0FFDF · #FFD8DF · #FFAAB8
Palette Fe81d4
#FE81D4 · #FAACBF · #FBC3C1 · #FFEABB

Similar colors

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

#FAA4BD#FBA1B7#FB9EC6#FE9EC7#FFAAB8#FAACBF#FFADBC#F7A8C4#FFAEC0#F7AABA#FFACC7#F3A0C2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FFA3BE  ·  #FFA3C0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FFA3BF?

#FFA3BF is Pale Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 255, 163, 191). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FFA3BF?

#FFA3BF is RGB 255, 163, 191 — HSL 342°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 36%, 25%, 0%.

What colors go with #FFA3BF?

Its complement is #A3FFE3; analogous partners are #FFA3ED and #FFB6A3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FFA3BF for text?

Black text on #FFA3BF has a contrast ratio of 11.24:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.87:1.