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#FACACB — Pale Vivid Red

#FACACB is a red color we call Pale Vivid Red, closest to the named color Pink (#FFC0CB). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: pink (#FFC0CB) — not an exact match. CSS pink gives you #FFC0CB, a different color; use #FACACB 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.

#FACACB 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 #CCFAF9; it also sits naturally between #FACCE4 and #FAE2CC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FACACB · RGB 250, 202, 203

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Color values

HEX#FACACB
RGB250, 202, 203
HSL359°, 83%, 89%
HSV359°, 19%, 98%
CMYK0%, 19%, 19%, 2%
XYZ71.32, 66.88, 65.65
Yxy66.88, 0.3499, 0.3281
CIE-Lab85.44, 17.11, 5.94
Hunter Lab81.78, 17.21, 5.40

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 79% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 19% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FACACB

.text { color: #FACACB; }
.background { background-color: #FACACB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FACACB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 202, 203); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(359, 83%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FACACB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 202, 203, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FACACB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 202, 203, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FACACB

#F7A6A8#F37C7E#EF575A#EB2D30#DB1418#B11013#8C0D0F#62090B#3D0607#130202

Tints of #FACACB

#FBD0D1#FBD0D1#FBD5D6#FCDADA#FCDEDF#FCDEDF#FCE3E3#FDE8E8#FDE8E8#FDECED

Tones of #FACACB

#F7CFD0#F3D2D3#F0D6D6#EDD9D9#EADCDC#E6E0E0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCFAF9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.46:1 Fails
Against black text14.38:1 AAA

Best text color on #FACACB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FACACB

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 #FACACB: ·

How #FACACB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E5CBDeuteranopia · #E8ECCBTritanopia · #F8CBCB

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 pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette Dc143c
#DC143C · #F75270 · #F7CAC9 · #FDEBD0
Palette Fbefef
#FBEFEF · #FFE2E2 · #F5CBCB · #C5B3D3
Palette 9ecad6
#9ECAD6 · #748DAE · #F5CBCB · #FFEAEA
Palette Faf3f0
#FAF3F0 · #D4E2D4 · #FFCACC · #DBC4F0
Palette D9d7f1
#D9D7F1 · #FFFDDE · #E7FBBE · #FFCBCB

Similar colors

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

#FCCBCB#F7CAC9#F5CBCB#FFCACC#FFCBCB#FFCACA#FFCCCC#FFCDC9#FFC8C8#F9D0CD#FCC8D1#FFC7C7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FACACA  ·  #FACACC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FACACB?

#FACACB is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 202, 203). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FACACB?

#FACACB is RGB 250, 202, 203 — HSL 359°, 83%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 19%, 19%, 2%.

What colors go with #FACACB?

Its complement is #CCFAF9; analogous partners are #FACCE4 and #FAE2CC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FACACB for text?

Black text on #FACACB has a contrast ratio of 14.38:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.46:1.