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#FC6EA3 — Light Vivid Pink

#FC6EA3 is a pink color we call Light Vivid Pink, closest to the named color HotPink (#FF69B4). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: hotpink (#FF69B4) — not an exact match. CSS hotpink gives you #FF69B4, a different color; use #FC6EA3 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.

#FC6EA3 is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #6EFCC8; it also sits naturally between #FC6EE9 and #FC816E. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FC6EA3 · RGB 252, 110, 163

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Color values

HEX#FC6EA3
RGB252, 110, 163
HSL338°, 96%, 71%
HSV338°, 56%, 99%
CMYK0%, 56%, 35%, 1%
XYZ52.33, 34.49, 38.55
Yxy34.49, 0.4174, 0.2751
CIE-Lab65.35, 59.16, -1.23
Hunter Lab58.73, 60.36, -1.04

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 43% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 56% · Yellow 35% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FC6EA3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FC6EA3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FC6EA3

.text { color: #FC6EA3; }
.background { background-color: #FC6EA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FC6EA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 110, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(338, 96%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FC6EA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 110, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FC6EA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 110, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FC6EA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FC6EA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FC6EA3

#FB4B8C#FB2D78#FA0A62#DC0453#BE0448#9B033B#78022E#550220#370115#140008

Tints of #FC6EA3

#FC7DAC#FD87B2#FD96BC#FDA0C2#FDAFCC#FEB9D2#FEC8DC#FED2E2#FEE1EC#FFEBF2

Tones of #FC6EA3

#F278A5#E882A7#DE8CAA#D397AD#C9A1B0#BFABB2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #6EFCC8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.66:1 Fails
Against black text7.90:1 AAA

Best text color on #FC6EA3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FC6EA3

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 #FC6EA3: ·

How #FC6EA3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BFBD96Deuteranopia · #C7D193Tritanopia · #F58C8A

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:

Tailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Tailwind rose 500 · #F43F5ETailwind pink 600 · #DB2777

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FC6EA3 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff75a0
#FF75A0 · #FCE38A · #EAFFD0 · #95E1D3
Palette C3ff93
#C3FF93 · #FFDB5C · #FFAF61 · #FF70AB
Palette F875aa
#F875AA · #FDEDED · #EDFFF0 · #AEDEFC
Palette F875aa
#F875AA · #FFDFDF · #FFF6F6 · #AEDEFC
Palette F4f9f9
#F4F9F9 · #F1D1D0 · #FBACCC · #F875AA
Palette Fff29c
#FFF29C · #FFB26B · #FF639F · #FF2865

Similar colors

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

#FF75A0#FF70AB#F875AA#FF639F#F564A9#F37199#F2789F#F266AB#F57799#F075AA#FF5F9E#EE66A6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FC6EA2  ·  #FC6EA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FC6EA3?

#FC6EA3 is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 252, 110, 163). Its closest standard named color is HotPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FC6EA3?

#FC6EA3 is RGB 252, 110, 163 — HSL 338°, 96%, 71% — CMYK 0%, 56%, 35%, 1%.

What colors go with #FC6EA3?

Its complement is #6EFCC8; analogous partners are #FC6EE9 and #FC816E. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FC6EA3 for text?

Black text on #FC6EA3 has a contrast ratio of 7.90:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.66:1.