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#FACDC3 — Pale Vivid Red

#FACDC3 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 #FACDC3 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.

#FACDC3 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 #C2F0FA; it also sits naturally between #FAC2D4 and #FAE8C2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FACDC3 · RGB 250, 205, 195

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Color values

HEX#FACDC3
RGB250, 205, 195
HSL11°, 85%, 87%
HSV11°, 22%, 98%
CMYK0%, 18%, 22%, 2%
XYZ71.11, 67.93, 60.99
Yxy67.93, 0.3555, 0.3396
CIE-Lab85.97, 14.37, 10.94
Hunter Lab82.42, 14.40, 9.69

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 80% · Blue 76%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 18% · Yellow 22% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FACDC3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FACDC3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FACDC3

.text { color: #FACDC3; }
.background { background-color: #FACDC3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FACDC3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 205, 195); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(11, 85%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FACDC3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 205, 195, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FACDC3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 205, 195, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FACDC3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FACDC3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FACDC3

#F7AD9C#F48971#F06A4C#ED4B26#D93612#AF2C0E#89220B#631908#390E05#130502

Tints of #FACDC3

#FAD0C6#FBD4CB#FBD8D0#FCDCD5#FCE0D9#FCE0D9#FCE4DE#FDE7E3#FDEBE7#FDEFEC

Tones of #FACDC3

#F6CFC6#F2D1CA#EED4CE#EAD6D2#E6D9D6#E2DBDA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C2F0FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.44:1 Fails
Against black text14.59:1 AAA

Best text color on #FACDC3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FACDC3

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 #FACDC3: ·

How #FACDC3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E6C5Deuteranopia · #E9EDC6Tritanopia · #F8C7C8

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 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FACDC3 rather than the exact color:

Palette C599b6
#C599B6 · #E6B2BA · #FAD0C4 · #FFF7F3
Frozen Ruby Orchard
#F4CDC2 · #E59580 · #E16342 · #652615
Palette Dc143c
#DC143C · #F75270 · #F7CAC9 · #FDEBD0
Palette Feeac9
#FEEAC9 · #FFCDC9 · #FDACAC · #FD7979
Palette 696fc7
#696FC7 · #A7AAE1 · #F5D3C4 · #F2AEBB
Crystal Ruby Breeze
#0E8BA7 · #68BEF2 · #F17458 · #F6C6C2

Similar colors

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

#FAD0C4#F4CDC2#F7CAC9#FFCDC9#F5D3C4#F6C6C2#F2CBC5#FCCBCB#FFC8C8#FFC7C7#F3D0C8#FFC6C6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FACDC2  ·  #FACDC4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FACDC3?

#FACDC3 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 205, 195). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FACDC3?

#FACDC3 is RGB 250, 205, 195 — HSL 11°, 85%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 18%, 22%, 2%.

What colors go with #FACDC3?

Its complement is #C2F0FA; analogous partners are #FAC2D4 and #FAE8C2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FACDC3 for text?

Black text on #FACDC3 has a contrast ratio of 14.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.44:1.