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#FACDC5 — Pale Vivid Red

#FACDC5 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 #FACDC5 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.

#FACDC5 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 #C7F2FA; it also sits naturally between #FAC7D9 and #FAE8C7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FACDC5 · RGB 250, 205, 197

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Color values

HEX#FACDC5
RGB250, 205, 197
HSL9°, 84%, 88%
HSV9°, 21%, 98%
CMYK0%, 18%, 21%, 2%
XYZ71.33, 68.02, 62.19
Yxy68.02, 0.3539, 0.3375
CIE-Lab86.02, 14.66, 9.95
Hunter Lab82.47, 14.70, 8.86

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 80% · Blue 77%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 18% · Yellow 21% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FACDC5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FACDC5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FACDC5

.text { color: #FACDC5; }
.background { background-color: #FACDC5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FACDC5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 205, 197); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(9, 84%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FACDC5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 205, 197, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FACDC5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 205, 197, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FACDC5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FACDC5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FACDC5

#F7AEA1#F38A77#F06951#EC4527#D83013#B22810#881E0C#631609#380D05#130402

Tints of #FACDC5

#FBD2CB#FBD7D0#FBD7D0#FBDBD5#FCDFD9#FCE3DE#FDE7E3#FDE7E3#FDEBE8#FDEFEC

Tones of #FACDC5

#F6D1CA#F3D4CE#EFD6D2#EBD9D5#E8DBD9#E4DEDD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C7F2FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.44:1 Fails
Against black text14.60:1 AAA

Best text color on #FACDC5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FACDC5

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 #FACDC5: ·

How #FACDC5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E6C7Deuteranopia · #E9EDC7Tritanopia · #F8C8C9

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 #FACDC5 rather than the exact color:

Palette C599b6
#C599B6 · #E6B2BA · #FAD0C4 · #FFF7F3
Palette Dc143c
#DC143C · #F75270 · #F7CAC9 · #FDEBD0
Palette Feeac9
#FEEAC9 · #FFCDC9 · #FDACAC · #FD7979
Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Frozen Ruby Orchard
#F4CDC2 · #E59580 · #E16342 · #652615
Palette Ffc8c8
#FFC8C8 · #FF9999 · #444F5A · #3E4149

Similar colors

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

#FAD0C4#F7CAC9#FFCDC9#FCCBCB#F4CDC2#FFC8C8#FFCACA#F5D3C4#F5CBCB#FFCBCB#FFC7C7#F3D0C8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FACDC4  ·  #FACDC6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FACDC5?

#FACDC5 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 205, 197). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FACDC5?

#FACDC5 is RGB 250, 205, 197 — HSL 9°, 84%, 88% — CMYK 0%, 18%, 21%, 2%.

What colors go with #FACDC5?

Its complement is #C7F2FA; analogous partners are #FAC7D9 and #FAE8C7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FACDC5 for text?

Black text on #FACDC5 has a contrast ratio of 14.60:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.44:1.