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#FCABBB — Pale Vivid Red

#FCABBB 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 #FCABBB 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.

#FCABBB 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 #ABFCEC; it also sits naturally between #FCABE4 and #FCC4AB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCABBB · RGB 252, 171, 187

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Color values

HEX#FCABBB
RGB252, 171, 187
HSL348°, 93%, 83%
HSV348°, 32%, 99%
CMYK0%, 32%, 26%, 1%
XYZ63.68, 53.41, 53.97
Yxy53.41, 0.3723, 0.3122
CIE-Lab78.12, 31.84, 3.99
Hunter Lab73.08, 32.04, 3.53

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

CSS code for #FCABBB

.text { color: #FCABBB; }
.background { background-color: #FCABBB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCABBB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 171, 187); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(348, 93%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCABBB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 171, 187, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCABBB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 171, 187, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FCABBB

#FB849C#F95D7C#F8355C#F60E3C#D90832#B10629#8A0520#620417#3B020E#140105

Tints of #FCABBB

#FCB0BF#FDBAC7#FDBFCB#FDC4CF#FDCED7#FDD3DB#FED8DF#FEDDE3#FEE6EB#FEEBEF

Tones of #FCABBB

#F6B1BF#F0B7C2#EBBDC6#E5C2C9#DFC8CD#D9CED0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABFCEC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.80:1 Fails
Against black text11.68:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCABBB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCABBB

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 #FCABBB: ·

How #FCABBB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D8B7Deuteranopia · #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 #FCABBB rather than the exact color:

Palette 863a6f
#863A6F · #975C8D · #D989B5 · #FFADBC
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F0FFDF · #FFD8DF · #FFAAB8
Palette Fe81d4
#FE81D4 · #FAACBF · #FBC3C1 · #FFEABB
Crimson Cinder
#A011B8 · #EA21C8 · #EF55A5 · #F7AABA
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:

#FFADBC#FFAAB8#FAACBF#F7AABA#FFAEC0#FAA4BD#F4ACB7#F2AEBB#F7A8C4#FBA1B7#F1ACBD#FFB6B9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCABBA  ·  #FCABBC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCABBB?

#FCABBB is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 171, 187). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCABBB?

#FCABBB is RGB 252, 171, 187 — HSL 348°, 93%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 26%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCABBB?

Its complement is #ABFCEC; analogous partners are #FCABE4 and #FCC4AB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCABBB for text?

Black text on #FCABBB has a contrast ratio of 11.68:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.80:1.