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#FCA6FC — Pale Vivid Pink

#FCA6FC is a pink color we call Pale Vivid Pink, closest to the named color Violet (#EE82EE). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: violet (#EE82EE) — not an exact match. CSS violet gives you #EE82EE, a different color; use #FCA6FC 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.

#FCA6FC 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 #A6FCA6; it also sits naturally between #D1A6FC and #FCA6D1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCA6FC · RGB 252, 166, 252

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Color values

HEX#FCA6FC
RGB252, 166, 252
HSL300°, 93%, 82%
HSV300°, 34%, 99%
CMYK0%, 34%, 0%, 1%
XYZ71.35, 55.00, 98.95
Yxy55.00, 0.3167, 0.2441
CIE-Lab79.04, 44.77, -29.86
Hunter Lab74.16, 46.65, -32.44

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 65% · Blue 99%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 34% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FCA6FC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FCA6FC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FCA6FC

.text { color: #FCA6FC; }
.background { background-color: #FCA6FC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCA6FC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 166, 252); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(300, 93%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCA6FC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 166, 252, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCA6FC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 166, 252, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCA6FC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCA6FC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCA6FC

#FA7FFA#F958F9#F835F8#F60EF6#D408D4#AC06AC#850585#620462#3B023B#140114

Tints of #FCA6FC

#FCABFC#FCB5FC#FDBAFD#FDC4FD#FDC9FD#FDCEFD#FED8FE#FEDDFE#FEE6FE#FEEBFE

Tones of #FCA6FC

#F6ACF6#EFB3EF#E9B9E9#E3BFE3#DDC5DD#D7CBD7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A6FCA6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.75:1 Fails
Against black text12.00:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCA6FC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCA6FC

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 #FCA6FC: ·

How #FCA6FC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D7D6E7Deuteranopia · #DCE2E2Tritanopia · #F8D7D3

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 · #F8F9FATailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FCA6FC rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffea6c
#FFEA6C · #FFFBA7 · #FFA6FB · #FF61F8
Palette 191825
#191825 · #865DFF · #E384FF · #FFA3FD
Palette Ffa1f5
#FFA1F5 · #BC7AF9 · #F8FF95 · #A6FF96
Palette 92003a
#92003A · #F62477 · #FFADEE · #FFE185
Palette 481380
#481380 · #742DD2 · #EFB1FF · #FFE2FF
Palette F2afef
#F2AFEF · #C499F3 · #7360DF · #33186B

Similar colors

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

#FFA6FB#FFA3FD#FFA1F5#FFADEE#EFB1FF#F2AFEF#F2A4EA#EEA1ED#E9A8F2#EDB1F1#E99DF6#EC9EEF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCA6FB  ·  #FCA6FD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCA6FC?

#FCA6FC is Pale Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 252, 166, 252). Its closest standard named color is Violet.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCA6FC?

#FCA6FC is RGB 252, 166, 252 — HSL 300°, 93%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 34%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCA6FC?

Its complement is #A6FCA6; analogous partners are #D1A6FC and #FCA6D1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCA6FC for text?

Black text on #FCA6FC has a contrast ratio of 12.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.75:1.