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#FCAEAC — Pale Vivid Red

#FCAEAC 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 #FCAEAC 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.

#FCAEAC 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 #ABFBFC; it also sits naturally between #FCABD2 and #FCD5AB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCAEAC · RGB 252, 174, 172

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Color values

HEX#FCAEAC
RGB252, 174, 172
HSL1°, 93%, 83%
HSV1°, 32%, 99%
CMYK0%, 31%, 32%, 1%
XYZ62.73, 53.95, 46.14
Yxy53.95, 0.3853, 0.3313
CIE-Lab78.43, 28.29, 12.59
Hunter Lab73.45, 28.28, 10.56

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 68% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 31% · Yellow 32% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FCAEAC

.text { color: #FCAEAC; }
.background { background-color: #FCAEAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCAEAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 174, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(1, 93%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCAEAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 174, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCAEAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 174, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FCAEAC

#FB8684#F95F5D#F83835#F6120E#D90B08#B10906#8A0705#620504#3B0302#140101

Tints of #FCAEAC

#FCB2B0#FDBBBA#FDC0BF#FDC5C4#FDCFCE#FDD3D3#FED8D8#FEDDDD#FEE7E6#FEECEB

Tones of #FCAEAC

#F6B2B1#F0B8B7#EBBDBD#E5C3C2#DFC8C8#D9CECE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABFBFC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.78:1 Fails
Against black text11.79:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCAEAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCAEAC

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 #FCAEAC: ·

How #FCAEAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DADAACDeuteranopia · #DFE5ADTritanopia · #F8ADAD

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 · #9E9E9ETailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Ffeadd
#FFEADD · #FCAEAE · #FF8989 · #FF6666
Palette Feeac9
#FEEAC9 · #FFCDC9 · #FDACAC · #FD7979
Palette 99e1e5
#99E1E5 · #F3E8CB · #F2C6B4 · #FBAFAF
Palette Ffadad
#FFADAD · #FFDAC7 · #FFEFBC · #FFFEB7
Palette 3e1e68
#3E1E68 · #5D2F77 · #E45A92 · #FFACAC
Palette Ffacac
#FFACAC · #FFBFA9 · #FFEBB4 · #FBFFB1

Similar colors

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

#FCAEAE#FDACAC#FBAFAF#FFADAD#FFACAC#FFABAB#FFAFAF#FAB2AC#FDAAAA#F7ADAD#FFAAAA#FFB0B0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCAEAB  ·  #FCAEAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCAEAC?

#FCAEAC is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 174, 172). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCAEAC?

#FCAEAC is RGB 252, 174, 172 — HSL 1°, 93%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 31%, 32%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCAEAC?

Its complement is #ABFBFC; analogous partners are #FCABD2 and #FCD5AB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCAEAC for text?

Black text on #FCAEAC has a contrast ratio of 11.79:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.78:1.