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#FACDCA — Pale Vivid Red

#FACDCA 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 #FACDCA 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.

#FACDCA 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 #CCF7FA; it also sits naturally between #FACCE0 and #FAE6CC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FACDCA · RGB 250, 205, 202

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Color values

HEX#FACDCA
RGB250, 205, 202
HSL4°, 83%, 89%
HSV4°, 19%, 98%
CMYK0%, 18%, 19%, 2%
XYZ71.92, 68.25, 65.26
Yxy68.25, 0.3501, 0.3322
CIE-Lab86.13, 15.39, 7.46
Hunter Lab82.61, 15.47, 6.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 80% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 18% · Yellow 19% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FACDCA

.text { color: #FACDCA; }
.background { background-color: #FACDCA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FACDCA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(250, 205, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(4, 83%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FACDCA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(250, 205, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FACDCA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(250, 205, 202, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FACDCA

#F7ACA6#F3847C#EF6157#EB3A2D#DB2214#B11B10#8C150D#620F09#3D0906#130302

Tints of #FACDCA

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

Tones of #FACDCA

#F7D2CF#F3D5D2#F0D8D6#EDDAD9#EADDDC#E6E0E0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CCF7FA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.43:1 Fails
Against black text14.65:1 AAA

Best text color on #FACDCA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FACDCA

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 #FACDCA: ·

How #FACDCA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E6CBDeuteranopia · #E9EDCBTritanopia · #F8CBCB

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 #FACDCA rather than the exact color:

Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette F13e93
#F13E93 · #F891BB · #F9D0CD · #FAFFCB
Palette Dc143c
#DC143C · #F75270 · #F7CAC9 · #FDEBD0
Palette Feeac9
#FEEAC9 · #FFCDC9 · #FDACAC · #FD7979
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:

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FACDC9  ·  #FACDCB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FACDCA?

#FACDCA is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 250, 205, 202). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FACDCA?

#FACDCA is RGB 250, 205, 202 — HSL 4°, 83%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 18%, 19%, 2%.

What colors go with #FACDCA?

Its complement is #CCF7FA; analogous partners are #FACCE0 and #FAE6CC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FACDCA for text?

Black text on #FACDCA has a contrast ratio of 14.65:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.43:1.