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#FACBC8 — Pale Vivid Red

#FACBC8 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 #FACBC8 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.

#FACBC8 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 #C7F6FA; it also sits naturally between #FAC7DD and #FAE4C7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FACBC8 · RGB 250, 203, 200

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Color values

HEX#FACBC8
RGB250, 203, 200
HSL4°, 83%, 88%
HSV4°, 20%, 98%
CMYK0%, 19%, 20%, 2%
XYZ71.21, 67.21, 63.86
Yxy67.21, 0.3520, 0.3323
CIE-Lab85.61, 16.15, 7.77
Hunter Lab81.98, 16.21, 6.99

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 80% · Blue 78%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 20% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FACBC8 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FACBC8 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FACBC8

.text { color: #FACBC8; }
.background { background-color: #FACBC8; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FACBC8; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 203, 200); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(4, 83%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FACBC8; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 203, 200, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FACBC8; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 203, 200, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FACBC8">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FACBC8">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FACBC8

#F6A7A2#F28078#EF5D52#EB3528#D72114#B11B10#87150D#620F09#380905#130302

Tints of #FACBC8

#FACFCC#FBD3D0#FBD3D0#FBD8D5#FCDCDA#FCE0DE#FCE5E3#FCE5E3#FDE9E8#FDEDEC

Tones of #FACBC8

#F6CECB#F2D1CE#EFD4D2#EBD7D5#E8DAD9#E4DDDD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C7F6FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.45:1 Fails
Against black text14.44:1 AAA

Best text color on #FACBC8: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FACBC8

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 #FACBC8: ·

How #FACBC8 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E6E5C9Deuteranopia · #E8ECC9Tritanopia · #F8C9C9

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 #FACBC8 rather than the exact color:

Palette Dc143c
#DC143C · #F75270 · #F7CAC9 · #FDEBD0
Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette Feeac9
#FEEAC9 · #FFCDC9 · #FDACAC · #FD7979
Palette 251b37
#251B37 · #372948 · #FFCACA · #FFECEF
Palette Fbefef
#FBEFEF · #FFE2E2 · #F5CBCB · #C5B3D3
Palette 9ecad6
#9ECAD6 · #748DAE · #F5CBCB · #FFEAEA

Similar colors

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

#F7CAC9#FCCBCB#FFCDC9#FFCACA#F5CBCB#FFC8C8#FFCBCB#FAD0C4#FFC7C7#FFCCCC#FFCACC#F9D0CD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FACBC7  ·  #FACBC9 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FACBC8?

#FACBC8 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 203, 200). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FACBC8?

#FACBC8 is RGB 250, 203, 200 — HSL 4°, 83%, 88% — CMYK 0%, 19%, 20%, 2%.

What colors go with #FACBC8?

Its complement is #C7F6FA; analogous partners are #FAC7DD and #FAE4C7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FACBC8 for text?

Black text on #FACBC8 has a contrast ratio of 14.44:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.45:1.