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#FC97BF — Light Vivid Pink

#FC97BF is a pink color we call Light Vivid Pink, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #FC97BF 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.

#FC97BF is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #97FCD4; it also sits naturally between #FC97F2 and #FCA197. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FC97BF · RGB 252, 151, 191

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Color values

HEX#FC97BF
RGB252, 151, 191
HSL336°, 94%, 79%
HSV336°, 40%, 99%
CMYK0%, 40%, 24%, 1%
XYZ60.62, 46.59, 55.09
Yxy46.59, 0.3735, 0.2871
CIE-Lab73.93, 42.76, -4.32
Hunter Lab68.26, 43.39, -3.93

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 59% · Blue 75%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 40% · Yellow 24% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FC97BF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FC97BF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FC97BF

.text { color: #FC97BF; }
.background { background-color: #FC97BF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FC97BF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 151, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(336, 94%, 79%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FC97BF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 151, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FC97BF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 151, 191, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FC97BF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FC97BF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FC97BF

#FB74AA#F94D92#F82A7D#F20765#D00657#A80546#860438#5E0327#3B0219#140108

Tints of #FC97BF

#FCA1C5#FCA6C8#FDB0CF#FDBAD5#FDC4DB#FDC9DE#FED2E4#FEDCEA#FEE1ED#FEEBF3

Tones of #FC97BF

#F59EC1#EDA6C2#E6ADC4#DFB4C5#D8BBC7#D0C2C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #97FCD4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.04:1 Fails
Against black text10.32:1 AAA

Best text color on #FC97BF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FC97BF

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 #FC97BF: ·

How #FC97BF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D0CFB5Deuteranopia · #D6DEB3Tritanopia · #F7AEAC

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 · #EC4899Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FC97BF rather than the exact color:

Palette 3b0000
#3B0000 · #FF0000 · #FF95C5 · #FFF6CD
Palette Ff90bc
#FF90BC · #FFC0D9 · #F9F9E0 · #8ACDD7
Palette 001b79
#001B79 · #1640D6 · #ED5AB3 · #FF90C2
Palette F13e93
#F13E93 · #F891BB · #F9D0CD · #FAFFCB
Palette Fee3ec
#FEE3EC · #F9C5D5 · #F999B7 · #F2789F
Palette Fcffc1
#FCFFC1 · #FFE893 · #FBB4A5 · #FB9EC6

Similar colors

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

#FF95C5#FF90BC#FF90C2#F891BB#F999B7#FB9EC6#F599C6#FE9EC7#FF8FB7#FBA1B7#F3A0C2#FF8DC7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FC97BE  ·  #FC97C0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FC97BF?

#FC97BF is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 252, 151, 191). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FC97BF?

#FC97BF is RGB 252, 151, 191 — HSL 336°, 94%, 79% — CMYK 0%, 40%, 24%, 1%.

What colors go with #FC97BF?

Its complement is #97FCD4; analogous partners are #FC97F2 and #FCA197. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FC97BF for text?

Black text on #FC97BF has a contrast ratio of 10.32:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.04:1.