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#FACACE — Pale Vivid Red

#FACACE 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 #FACACE 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.

#FACACE 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 #CCFAF6; it also sits naturally between #FACCE7 and #FADFCC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FACACE · RGB 250, 202, 206

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Color values

HEX#FACACE
RGB250, 202, 206
HSL355°, 83%, 89%
HSV355°, 19%, 98%
CMYK0%, 19%, 18%, 2%
XYZ71.69, 67.02, 67.55
Yxy67.02, 0.3476, 0.3249
CIE-Lab85.51, 17.57, 4.45
Hunter Lab81.87, 17.68, 4.08

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 79% · Blue 81%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 18% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FACACE

.text { color: #FACACE; }
.background { background-color: #FACACE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FACACE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 202, 206); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(355, 83%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FACACE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 202, 206, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FACACE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 202, 206, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FACACE

#F7A6AD#F37C86#EF5764#EB2D3D#DB1425#B1101E#8C0D18#620911#3D060A#130203

Tints of #FACACE

#FBD0D4#FBD0D4#FBD5D8#FCDADC#FCDEE1#FCDEE1#FCE3E5#FDE8E9#FDE8E9#FDECEE

Tones of #FACACE

#F7CFD2#F3D2D5#F0D6D8#EDD9DB#EADCDD#E6E0E0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCFAF6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.46:1 Fails
Against black text14.40:1 AAA

Best text color on #FACACE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FACACE

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 #FACACE: ·

How #FACACE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E5CDDeuteranopia · #E8ECCDTritanopia · #F8CCCC

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 #FACACE rather than the exact color:

Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette D14d72
#D14D72 · #FFABAB · #FCC8D1 · #FEF2F4
Palette Faf3f0
#FAF3F0 · #D4E2D4 · #FFCACC · #DBC4F0
Palette Ffeecc
#FFEECC · #FFDDCC · #FFCCCC · #FEBBCC
Palette Ffbbcc
#FFBBCC · #FFCCCC · #FFDDCC · #FFEECC
Palette 05004e
#05004E · #FF0000 · #FB7777 · #FFCCCC

Similar colors

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

#FCCBCB#FCC8D1#FFCACC#FFCCCC#F7CAC9#F5CBCB#FFCBCB#F9D0CD#FFCACA#FFCCD2#FFCFCF#FFCDC9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FACACD  ·  #FACACF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FACACE?

#FACACE is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 202, 206). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FACACE?

#FACACE is RGB 250, 202, 206 — HSL 355°, 83%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 19%, 18%, 2%.

What colors go with #FACACE?

Its complement is #CCFAF6; analogous partners are #FACCE7 and #FADFCC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FACACE for text?

Black text on #FACACE has a contrast ratio of 14.40:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.46:1.