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#FCABBE — Pale Vivid Red

#FCABBE 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 #FCABBE 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.

#FCABBE 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 #ABFCE9; it also sits naturally between #FCABE6 and #FCC1AB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCABBE · RGB 252, 171, 190

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Color values

HEX#FCABBE
RGB252, 171, 190
HSL346°, 93%, 83%
HSV346°, 32%, 99%
CMYK0%, 32%, 25%, 1%
XYZ64.00, 53.54, 55.68
Yxy53.54, 0.3695, 0.3091
CIE-Lab78.19, 32.25, 2.47
Hunter Lab73.17, 32.50, 2.20

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 67% · Blue 75%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 32% · Yellow 25% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FCABBE

.text { color: #FCABBE; }
.background { background-color: #FCABBE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCABBE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 171, 190); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(346, 93%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCABBE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 171, 190, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCABBE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 171, 190, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FCABBE

#FB84A0#F95D81#F83563#F60E44#D90839#B1062E#8A0524#62041A#3B020F#140105

Tints of #FCABBE

#FCB0C2#FDBACA#FDBFCD#FDC4D1#FDCED9#FDD3DD#FED8E0#FEDDE4#FEE6EC#FEEBF0

Tones of #FCABBE

#F6B1C1#F0B7C4#EBBDC7#E5C2CA#DFC8CD#D9CED1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABFCE9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.79:1 Fails
Against black text11.71:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCABBE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCABBE

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 #FCABBE: ·

How #FCABBE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D8B9Deuteranopia · #DEE4B8Tritanopia · #F8B6B5

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 · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

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

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

Similar colors

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

#FAACBF#FFADBC#FFAEC0#F7AABA#FFAAB8#FAA4BD#F7A8C4#FFACC7#F4ABC4#FFB4C2#F4ACB7#F2AEBB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCABBD  ·  #FCABBF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCABBE?

#FCABBE is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 171, 190). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCABBE?

#FCABBE is RGB 252, 171, 190 — HSL 346°, 93%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 25%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCABBE?

Its complement is #ABFCE9; analogous partners are #FCABE6 and #FCC1AB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCABBE for text?

Black text on #FCABBE has a contrast ratio of 11.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.79:1.