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#FFAFA6 — Pale Vivid Red

#FFAFA6 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 #FFAFA6 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.

#FFAFA6 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 #A8F6FF; it also sits naturally between #FFA8CB and #FFDCA8. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FFAFA6 · RGB 255, 175, 166

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Color values

HEX#FFAFA6
RGB255, 175, 166
HSL6°, 100%, 83%
HSV6°, 35%, 100%
CMYK0%, 31%, 35%, 0%
XYZ63.45, 54.67, 43.29
Yxy54.67, 0.3931, 0.3387
CIE-Lab78.85, 28.15, 16.48
Hunter Lab73.94, 28.17, 13.53

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 69% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 31% · Yellow 35% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FFAFA6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FFAFA6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FFAFA6

.text { color: #FFAFA6; }
.background { background-color: #FFAFA6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FFAFA6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 175, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 100%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FFAFA6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 175, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FFAFA6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 175, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FFAFA6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FFAFA6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FFAFA6

#FF8C80#FF6857#FF432E#FF1E05#E01600#B81200#8F0E00#660A00#3D0600#140200

Tints of #FFAFA6

#FFB6AD#FFBFB8#FFC3BD#FFC8C2#FFD1CC#FFD6D1#FFDAD6#FFDFDB#FFE8E5#FFEDEB

Tones of #FFAFA6

#F9B6AE#F2BBB5#ECC0BB#E6C5C1#E0CAC7#DACFCE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A8F6FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.76:1 Fails
Against black text11.93:1 AAA

Best text color on #FFAFA6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FFAFA6

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 #FFAFA6: ·

How #FFAFA6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DCDCA8Deuteranopia · #E1E7A9Tritanopia · #FBAAAA

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 #FFAFA6 rather than the exact color:

Palette 9adcff
#9ADCFF · #FFF89A · #FFB2A6 · #FF8AAE
Palette Dcedc2
#DCEDC2 · #FFD3B5 · #FFAAA6 · #FF8C94
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #DCEDC1 · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette 98ddca
#98DDCA · #D5ECC2 · #FFD3B4 · #FFAAA7
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #FDFFAB · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette Ffe99a
#FFE99A · #FFD586 · #FFAAAA · #FF9898

Similar colors

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

#FFB2A6#FFAAA6#FFAAA5#FFAAA7#FFAAAA#FFABAB#FFB4A2#FBB4A5#FDAAAA#FFACAC#FFB6A6#FDACAC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FFAFA5  ·  #FFAFA7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FFAFA6?

#FFAFA6 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 255, 175, 166). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FFAFA6?

#FFAFA6 is RGB 255, 175, 166 — HSL 6°, 100%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 31%, 35%, 0%.

What colors go with #FFAFA6?

Its complement is #A8F6FF; analogous partners are #FFA8CB and #FFDCA8. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FFAFA6 for text?

Black text on #FFAFA6 has a contrast ratio of 11.93:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.76:1.