Close to Melon
#FAADA5
#FAADA5 is a very light, vivid pink, close to the color Melon. In RGB it’s made of 98% red, 67.8% green, and 64.7% blue. Its hue is 6°, with 89% saturation and 81% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. Black text sits best on top of it.
Color codes
Tints, shades & tones
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Color harmonies
Combinations from the color wheel, built around #FAADA5.
Split complementary
The two neighbors of the complement: contrast that’s easier to balance.
Open in the palette creator →Tetradic
Two complementary pairs: rich, best with one color in charge.
Open in the palette creator →Contrast & readability
WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.
White text on this color
1.81:1 FailBlack text on this color
11.59:1 AAAThis color as text on white
1.81:1 FailThis color as text on black
11.59:1 AAAHow it looks with color blindness
About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #FAADA5 as they’d see it.
#FAADA5 in use
A headline in this color
Body text stays dark for reading; the color carries buttons, links, and accents.
On a dark background
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Questions about #FAADA5
What color is #FAADA5?
#FAADA5 is a very light, vivid pink, close to the color Melon. In RGB it’s made of 98% red, 67.8% green, and 64.7% blue. Its hue is 6°, with 89% saturation and 81% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. Black text sits best on top of it.
What is #FAADA5 in RGB?
#FAADA5 is rgb(250, 173, 165): 250 red, 173 green, and 165 blue on a 0–255 scale.
What is #FAADA5 in CMYK?
Roughly cmyk(0, 31, 34, 2). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.
What Pantone is closest to #FAADA5?
PANTONE 169 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.
What color goes with #FAADA5?
Its complement #66D0DA gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.