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#FACDC8 — Pale Vivid Red

#FACDC8 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 #FACDC8 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.

#FACDC8 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 #C7F5FA; it also sits naturally between #FAC7DB and #FAE5C7. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FACDC8 · RGB 250, 205, 200

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Color values

HEX#FACDC8
RGB250, 205, 200
HSL6°, 83%, 88%
HSV6°, 20%, 98%
CMYK0%, 18%, 20%, 2%
XYZ71.68, 68.16, 64.02
Yxy68.16, 0.3516, 0.3343
CIE-Lab86.08, 15.10, 8.46
Hunter Lab82.56, 15.16, 7.60

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 80% · Blue 78%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 18% · Yellow 20% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FACDC8 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FACDC8 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FACDC8

.text { color: #FACDC8; }
.background { background-color: #FACDC8; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FACDC8; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 205, 200); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 83%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FACDC8; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 205, 200, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FACDC8; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 205, 200, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FACDC8">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FACDC8">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FACDC8

#F6AAA2#F28478#EF6252#EB3C28#D72714#B12110#87190D#621209#380A05#130302

Tints of #FACDC8

#FAD0CC#FBD5D0#FBD5D0#FBD9D5#FCDDDA#FCE1DE#FCE6E3#FCE6E3#FDEAE8#FDEEEC

Tones of #FACDC8

#F6CFCB#F2D2CE#EFD5D2#EBD8D5#E8DBD9#E4DDDD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C7F5FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.44:1 Fails
Against black text14.63:1 AAA

Best text color on #FACDC8: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FACDC8

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 #FACDC8: ·

How #FACDC8 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E6C9Deuteranopia · #E9EDCATritanopia · #F8CACA

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 #FACDC8 rather than the exact color:

Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette Dc143c
#DC143C · #F75270 · #F7CAC9 · #FDEBD0
Palette C599b6
#C599B6 · #E6B2BA · #FAD0C4 · #FFF7F3
Palette Feeac9
#FEEAC9 · #FFCDC9 · #FDACAC · #FD7979
Palette F13e93
#F13E93 · #F891BB · #F9D0CD · #FAFFCB
Palette Fbefef
#FBEFEF · #FFE2E2 · #F5CBCB · #C5B3D3

Similar colors

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

#FCCBCB#F7CAC9#FAD0C4#FFCDC9#F9D0CD#F5CBCB#FFCBCB#FFCACA#FFCCCC#FFC8C8#FFCACC#F3D0C8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FACDC7  ·  #FACDC9 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FACDC8?

#FACDC8 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 205, 200). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FACDC8?

#FACDC8 is RGB 250, 205, 200 — HSL 6°, 83%, 88% — CMYK 0%, 18%, 20%, 2%.

What colors go with #FACDC8?

Its complement is #C7F5FA; analogous partners are #FAC7DB and #FAE5C7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FACDC8 for text?

Black text on #FACDC8 has a contrast ratio of 14.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.44:1.