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#FC9CC2 — Light Vivid Pink

#FC9CC2 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 #FC9CC2 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.

#FC9CC2 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 #9CFCD6; it also sits naturally between #FC9CF2 and #FCA69C. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FC9CC2 · RGB 252, 156, 194

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Color values

HEX#FC9CC2
RGB252, 156, 194
HSL336°, 94%, 80%
HSV336°, 38%, 99%
CMYK0%, 38%, 23%, 1%
XYZ61.77, 48.37, 57.12
Yxy48.37, 0.3693, 0.2892
CIE-Lab75.06, 40.61, -4.31
Hunter Lab69.55, 41.19, -3.94

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 61% · Blue 76%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 38% · Yellow 23% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FC9CC2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FC9CC2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FC9CC2

.text { color: #FC9CC2; }
.background { background-color: #FC9CC2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FC9CC2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 156, 194); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(336, 94%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FC9CC2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 156, 194, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FC9CC2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 156, 194, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FC9CC2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FC9CC2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FC9CC2

#FB74AA#FA5295#F82A7D#F70868#D00657#A80546#860438#5E0327#3B0219#140108

Tints of #FC9CC2

#FCA6C8#FCABCC#FDB5D2#FDBAD5#FDC4DB#FDCEE1#FED2E4#FEDCEA#FEE1ED#FEEBF3

Tones of #FC9CC2

#F5A3C4#EEAAC5#E8B0C6#E0B8C8#DABEC9#D3C5CB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9CFCD6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.97:1 Fails
Against black text10.67:1 AAA

Best text color on #FC9CC2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FC9CC2

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 #FC9CC2: ·

How #FC9CC2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D2D2B9Deuteranopia · #D8DFB7Tritanopia · #F7B2B0

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 #FC9CC2 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fcffc1
#FCFFC1 · #FFE893 · #FBB4A5 · #FB9EC6
Palette Fe9ec7
#FE9EC7 · #F9F6C4 · #89D4FF · #44ACFF
Palette 3b0000
#3B0000 · #FF0000 · #FF95C5 · #FFF6CD
Palette F599c6
#F599C6 · #FFEA88 · #7DCCAD · #4D6787
Palette 533b4d
#533B4D · #F564A9 · #FAA4BD · #FAE3C6
Electric Petal
#3E15AC · #AA1DE4 · #EB57D4 · #F3A0C2

Similar colors

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

#FB9EC6#FE9EC7#FF95C5#F599C6#FAA4BD#F3A0C2#F4A0C9#F999B7#FBA1B7#FCA3CC#FF90C2#F7A8C4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FC9CC1  ·  #FC9CC3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FC9CC2?

#FC9CC2 is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 252, 156, 194). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FC9CC2?

#FC9CC2 is RGB 252, 156, 194 — HSL 336°, 94%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 38%, 23%, 1%.

What colors go with #FC9CC2?

Its complement is #9CFCD6; analogous partners are #FC9CF2 and #FCA69C. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FC9CC2 for text?

Black text on #FC9CC2 has a contrast ratio of 10.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.97:1.