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#FCAFA4 — Pale Vivid Red

#FCAFA4 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 #FCAFA4 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.

#FCAFA4 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 #A6F2FC; it also sits naturally between #FCA6C7 and #FCDBA6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCAFA4 · RGB 252, 175, 164

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Color values

HEX#FCAFA4
RGB252, 175, 164
HSL7°, 94%, 82%
HSV7°, 35%, 99%
CMYK0%, 31%, 35%, 1%
XYZ62.18, 54.04, 42.27
Yxy54.04, 0.3923, 0.3409
CIE-Lab78.48, 26.79, 17.00
Hunter Lab73.51, 26.68, 13.87

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 69% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 31% · Yellow 35% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FCAFA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FCAFA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FCAFA4

.text { color: #FCAFA4; }
.background { background-color: #FCAFA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCAFA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 175, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(7, 94%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCAFA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 175, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCAFA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 175, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCAFA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCAFA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCAFA4

#FB8D7E#FA6A57#F94B34#F8280D#D51F07#AD1905#861304#630E03#3B0902#140301

Tints of #FCAFA4

#FCB4AB#FDBDB5#FDC2BA#FDCAC4#FDCFC9#FDD3CE#FEDCD7#FEE0DC#FEE9E6#FEEDEB

Tones of #FCAFA4

#F6B5AC#F0BAB2#EABEB8#E3C3BF#DDC8C5#D7CDCB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A6F2FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.78:1 Fails
Against black text11.81:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCAFA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCAFA4

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 #FCAFA4: ·

How #FCAFA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DBDAA7Deuteranopia · #DFE5A7Tritanopia · #F8A9A9

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 #FCAFA4 rather than the exact color:

Palette 9adcff
#9ADCFF · #FFF89A · #FFB2A6 · #FF8AAE
Palette Fcffc1
#FCFFC1 · #FFE893 · #FBB4A5 · #FB9EC6
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #DCEDC1 · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #FDFFAB · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette Ffcdb2
#FFCDB2 · #FFB4A2 · #E5989B · #B5828C
Palette Dcedc2
#DCEDC2 · #FFD3B5 · #FFAAA6 · #FF8C94

Similar colors

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

#FFB2A6#FBB4A5#FFAAA5#FFB4A2#FFAAA6#FFAAA7#FDAB9E#FFB6A6#FDAAAA#FFAAAA#FDACAC#FFABAB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCAFA3  ·  #FCAFA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCAFA4?

#FCAFA4 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 175, 164). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCAFA4?

#FCAFA4 is RGB 252, 175, 164 — HSL 7°, 94%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 31%, 35%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCAFA4?

Its complement is #A6F2FC; analogous partners are #FCA6C7 and #FCDBA6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCAFA4 for text?

Black text on #FCAFA4 has a contrast ratio of 11.81:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.78:1.