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#FFAED3 — Pale Vivid Pink

#FFAED3 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 #FFAED3 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.

#FFAED3 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 #ADFFDA; it also sits naturally between #FFADFB and #FFB1AD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FFAED3 · RGB 255, 174, 211

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Color values

HEX#FFAED3
RGB255, 174, 211
HSL333°, 100%, 84%
HSV333°, 32%, 100%
CMYK0%, 32%, 17%, 0%
XYZ68.13, 56.24, 68.89
Yxy56.24, 0.3525, 0.2910
CIE-Lab79.75, 34.78, -6.62
Hunter Lab74.99, 35.51, -6.29

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 68% · Blue 83%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 32% · Yellow 17% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FFAED3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FFAED3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FFAED3

.text { color: #FFAED3; }
.background { background-color: #FFAED3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FFAED3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 174, 211); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(333, 100%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FFAED3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 174, 211, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FFAED3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 174, 211, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FFAED3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FFAED3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FFAED3

#FF85BC#FF5CA5#FF338F#FF0A78#E00065#B80053#8F0040#66002E#3D001C#140009

Tints of #FFAED3

#FFB3D5#FFB8D8#FFC2DD#FFC7E0#FFCCE3#FFD1E6#FFD6E9#FFE0EE#FFE5F1#FFEBF4

Tones of #FFAED3

#F9B3D3#F3B9D3#EDBFD4#E8C5D4#E2CAD5#DCD0D6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ADFFDA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.71:1 Fails
Against black text12.25:1 AAA

Best text color on #FFAED3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FFAED3

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 #FFAED3: ·

How #FFAED3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DCDBCADeuteranopia · #E1E7C8Tritanopia · #FBC3C1

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FFAED3 rather than the exact color:

Palette F9b2d7
#F9B2D7 · #CFECF3 · #DAF9DE · #F6FFDC
Palette F4f9f9
#F4F9F9 · #F1D1D0 · #FBACCC · #F875AA
Palette Fdb5ce
#FDB5CE · #132440 · #16476A · #3B9797
Palette Ff597b
#FF597B · #FF8E9E · #F9B5D0 · #EEEEEE
Palette 6420aa
#6420AA · #FF3EA5 · #FF7ED4 · #FFB5DA
Palette 45ffca
#45FFCA · #FEFFAC · #FFB6D9 · #D67BFF

Similar colors

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

#F9B2D7#FBACCC#FDB5CE#F9B5D0#FFB5DA#FFB6D9#F6B1CE#FFACC7#FCBAD3#FCA3CC#FFB3C6#F7B5CA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FFAED2  ·  #FFAED4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FFAED3?

#FFAED3 is Pale Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 255, 174, 211). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FFAED3?

#FFAED3 is RGB 255, 174, 211 — HSL 333°, 100%, 84% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 17%, 0%.

What colors go with #FFAED3?

Its complement is #ADFFDA; analogous partners are #FFADFB and #FFB1AD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FFAED3 for text?

Black text on #FFAED3 has a contrast ratio of 12.25:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.71:1.