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#FFAFA1 — Pale Vivid Red

#FFAFA1 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 #FFAFA1 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.

#FFAFA1 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 #A3F1FF; it also sits naturally between #FFA3C3 and #FFDFA3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FFAFA1 · RGB 255, 175, 161

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Color values

HEX#FFAFA1
RGB255, 175, 161
HSL9°, 100%, 82%
HSV9°, 37%, 100%
CMYK0%, 31%, 37%, 0%
XYZ63.00, 54.49, 40.92
Yxy54.49, 0.3977, 0.3440
CIE-Lab78.75, 27.56, 19.03
Hunter Lab73.82, 27.53, 15.36

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 69% · Blue 63%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 31% · Yellow 37% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FFAFA1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FFAFA1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FFAFA1

.text { color: #FFAFA1; }
.background { background-color: #FFAFA1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FFAFA1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 175, 161); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(9, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FFAFA1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 175, 161, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FFAFA1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 175, 161, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FFAFA1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FFAFA1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FFAFA1

#FF8E7A#FF6C52#FF4D2E#FF2B05#DB2100#B31B00#8A1500#660F00#3D0900#140300

Tints of #FFAFA1

#FFB5A8#FFBEB3#FFC2B8#FFCBC2#FFCFC7#FFD4CC#FFDCD6#FFE1DB#FFE9E5#FFEEEB

Tones of #FFAFA1

#F9B5AA#F2BAB1#EBBFB7#E5C3BD#DEC8C4#D8CDCB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3F1FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.76:1 Fails
Against black text11.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #FFAFA1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FFAFA1

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 #FFAFA1: ·

How #FFAFA1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DCDCA4Deuteranopia · #E1E7A5Tritanopia · #FBA7A8

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 #FFAFA1 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffcdb2
#FFCDB2 · #FFB4A2 · #E5989B · #B5828C
Palette C7db9c
#C7DB9C · #FFF0BD · #FDAB9E · #E50046
Palette 9adcff
#9ADCFF · #FFF89A · #FFB2A6 · #FF8AAE
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #DCEDC1 · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #FDFFAB · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette Dcedc2
#DCEDC2 · #FFD3B5 · #FFAAA6 · #FF8C94

Similar colors

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

#FFB4A2#FDAB9E#FFB2A6#FFAAA5#FFAAA6#FBB4A5#FFAAA7#FFB6A6#FFB399#FFA6A6#FFAAAA#FDAAAA

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FFAFA0  ·  #FFAFA2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FFAFA1?

#FFAFA1 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 255, 175, 161). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FFAFA1?

#FFAFA1 is RGB 255, 175, 161 — HSL 9°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 31%, 37%, 0%.

What colors go with #FFAFA1?

Its complement is #A3F1FF; analogous partners are #FFA3C3 and #FFDFA3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FFAFA1 for text?

Black text on #FFAFA1 has a contrast ratio of 11.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.76:1.