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#FACBC3 — Pale Vivid Red

#FACBC3 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 #FACBC3 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.

#FACBC3 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 #C2F2FA; it also sits naturally between #FAC2D5 and #FAE6C2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FACBC3 · RGB 250, 203, 195

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Color values

HEX#FACBC3
RGB250, 203, 195
HSL9°, 85%, 87%
HSV9°, 22%, 98%
CMYK0%, 19%, 22%, 2%
XYZ70.63, 66.98, 60.83
Yxy66.98, 0.3559, 0.3375
CIE-Lab85.49, 15.42, 10.26
Hunter Lab81.84, 15.45, 9.10

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 80% · Blue 76%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 22% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FACBC3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FACBC3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FACBC3

.text { color: #FACBC3; }
.background { background-color: #FACBC3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FACBC3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 203, 195); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(9, 85%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FACBC3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 203, 195, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FACBC3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 203, 195, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FACBC3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FACBC3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FACBC3

#F7AA9C#F48571#F0644C#ED4426#D93012#AF260E#891E0B#631608#390C05#130402

Tints of #FACBC3

#FACEC6#FBD2CB#FBD6D0#FCDAD5#FCDED9#FCDED9#FCE3DE#FDE7E3#FDEBE7#FDEFEC

Tones of #FACBC3

#F6CDC6#F2D0CA#EED2CE#EAD5D2#E6D8D6#E2DBDA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C2F2FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #FACBC3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FACBC3

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 #FACBC3: ·

How #FACBC3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E6E5C5Deuteranopia · #E8ECC5Tritanopia · #F8C6C7

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 #FACBC3 rather than the exact color:

Palette C599b6
#C599B6 · #E6B2BA · #FAD0C4 · #FFF7F3
Frozen Ruby Orchard
#F4CDC2 · #E59580 · #E16342 · #652615
Crystal Ruby Breeze
#0E8BA7 · #68BEF2 · #F17458 · #F6C6C2
Palette Dc143c
#DC143C · #F75270 · #F7CAC9 · #FDEBD0
Palette Ffc7c7
#FFC7C7 · #FFE2E2 · #F6F6F6 · #8785A2
Palette F6f6f6
#F6F6F6 · #FFE2E2 · #FFC7C7 · #AAAAAA

Similar colors

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

#FAD0C4#F4CDC2#F6C6C2#F7CAC9#FFC7C7#FFC8C8#FFC6C6#FFCDC9#FFC5C5#FFC6C7#F2CBC5#FCCBCB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FACBC2  ·  #FACBC4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FACBC3?

#FACBC3 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 203, 195). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FACBC3?

#FACBC3 is RGB 250, 203, 195 — HSL 9°, 85%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 19%, 22%, 2%.

What colors go with #FACBC3?

Its complement is #C2F2FA; analogous partners are #FAC2D5 and #FAE6C2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FACBC3 for text?

Black text on #FACBC3 has a contrast ratio of 14.40:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.46:1.