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#FCABBA — Pale Vivid Red

#FCABBA is a red color we call Pale Vivid Red, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

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

#FCABBA 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 #ABFCED; it also sits naturally between #FCABE2 and #FCC5AB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCABBA · RGB 252, 171, 186

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Color values

HEX#FCABBA
RGB252, 171, 186
HSL349°, 93%, 83%
HSV349°, 32%, 99%
CMYK0%, 32%, 26%, 1%
XYZ63.57, 53.37, 53.40
Yxy53.37, 0.3732, 0.3133
CIE-Lab78.09, 31.70, 4.50
Hunter Lab73.05, 31.89, 3.96

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 67% · Blue 73%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 32% · Yellow 26% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FCABBA

.text { color: #FCABBA; }
.background { background-color: #FCABBA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCABBA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 171, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(349, 93%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCABBA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 171, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCABBA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 171, 186, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FCABBA

#FB849A#F95D79#F83559#F60E38#D9082E#B10626#8A051D#620415#3B020D#140104

Tints of #FCABBA

#FCB0BE#FDBAC6#FDBFCA#FDC4CE#FDCED6#FDD3DB#FED8DF#FEDDE3#FEE6EB#FEEBEF

Tones of #FCABBA

#F6B1BE#F0B7C2#EBBDC5#E5C2C9#DFC8CC#D9CED0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABFCED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.80:1 Fails
Against black text11.67:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCABBA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCABBA

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 #FCABBA: ·

How #FCABBA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D8B6Deuteranopia · #DEE4B6Tritanopia · #F8B4B3

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:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FATailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F0FFDF · #FFD8DF · #FFAAB8
Palette 863a6f
#863A6F · #975C8D · #D989B5 · #FFADBC
Crimson Cinder
#A011B8 · #EA21C8 · #EF55A5 · #F7AABA
Palette Fe81d4
#FE81D4 · #FAACBF · #FBC3C1 · #FFEABB
Palette Ffab73
#FFAB73 · #FFD384 · #FFF9B0 · #FFAEC0
Palette 533b4d
#533B4D · #F564A9 · #FAA4BD · #FAE3C6

Similar colors

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

#FFAAB8#FFADBC#F7AABA#FAACBF#FFAEC0#FAA4BD#F4ACB7#F2AEBB#FBA1B7#FFB2B2#FFB3B3#FFB1B1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCABB9  ·  #FCABBB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCABBA?

#FCABBA is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 171, 186). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCABBA?

#FCABBA is RGB 252, 171, 186 — HSL 349°, 93%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 26%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCABBA?

Its complement is #ABFCED; analogous partners are #FCABE2 and #FCC5AB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCABBA for text?

Black text on #FCABBA has a contrast ratio of 11.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.80:1.