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#FACDC4 — Pale Vivid Red

#FACDC4 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 #FACDC4 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.

#FACDC4 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 #FAC2D5 and #FAE7C2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FACDC4 · RGB 250, 205, 196

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Color values

HEX#FACDC4
RGB250, 205, 196
HSL10°, 84%, 87%
HSV10°, 22%, 98%
CMYK0%, 18%, 22%, 2%
XYZ71.22, 67.97, 61.59
Yxy67.97, 0.3547, 0.3385
CIE-Lab85.99, 14.52, 10.44
Hunter Lab82.45, 14.55, 9.27

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 80% · Blue 77%

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 #FACDC4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FACDC4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FACDC4

.text { color: #FACDC4; }
.background { background-color: #FACDC4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FACDC4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 205, 196); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(10, 84%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FACDC4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 205, 196, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FACDC4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 205, 196, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FACDC4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FACDC4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FACDC4

#F6AB9C#F38872#EF684D#EC4827#D83413#AE2A0F#88210C#631809#380D05#130402

Tints of #FACDC4

#FACFC7#FBD3CB#FBD7D0#FBDBD5#FCDFD9#FCDFD9#FCE3DE#FDE7E3#FDEBE8#FDEFEC

Tones of #FACDC4

#F6CEC6#F2D1CA#EED3CE#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 #FACDC4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FACDC4

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 #FACDC4: ·

How #FACDC4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E6C6Deuteranopia · #E9EDC7Tritanopia · #F8C8C8

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 #FACDC4 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 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette 696fc7
#696FC7 · #A7AAE1 · #F5D3C4 · #F2AEBB

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FACDC3  ·  #FACDC5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FACDC4?

#FACDC4 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 205, 196). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FACDC4?

#FACDC4 is RGB 250, 205, 196 — HSL 10°, 84%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 18%, 22%, 2%.

What colors go with #FACDC4?

Its complement is #C2F0FA; analogous partners are #FAC2D5 and #FAE7C2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FACDC4 for text?

Black text on #FACDC4 has a contrast ratio of 14.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.44:1.