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#FCAFA6 — Pale Vivid Red

#FCAFA6 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 #FCAFA6 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.

#FCAFA6 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 #A6F3FC; it also sits naturally between #FCA6C9 and #FCDAA6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCAFA6 · RGB 252, 175, 166

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Color values

HEX#FCAFA6
RGB252, 175, 166
HSL6°, 93%, 82%
HSV6°, 34%, 99%
CMYK0%, 31%, 34%, 1%
XYZ62.36, 54.11, 43.23
Yxy54.11, 0.3905, 0.3388
CIE-Lab78.52, 27.03, 15.97
Hunter Lab73.56, 26.94, 13.13

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 69% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 31% · Yellow 34% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FCAFA6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FCAFA6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FCAFA6

.text { color: #FCAFA6; }
.background { background-color: #FCAFA6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCAFA6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 175, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 93%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCAFA6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 175, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCAFA6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 175, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCAFA6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCAFA6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCAFA6

#FA8B7F#F96858#F84935#F6250E#D41C08#AC1706#851205#620D04#3B0802#140301

Tints of #FCAFA6

#FCB3AB#FCBCB5#FDC1BA#FDCAC4#FDCEC9#FDD3CE#FEDBD8#FEE0DD#FEE9E6#FEEDEB

Tones of #FCAFA6

#F6B4AC#EFB9B3#E9BEB9#E3C2BF#DDC7C5#D7CCCB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A6F3FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.78:1 Fails
Against black text11.82:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCAFA6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCAFA6

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 #FCAFA6: ·

How #FCAFA6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DBDAA8Deuteranopia · #DFE5A9Tritanopia · #F8AAAA

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 #FCAFA6 rather than the exact color:

Palette 9adcff
#9ADCFF · #FFF89A · #FFB2A6 · #FF8AAE
Palette Fcffc1
#FCFFC1 · #FFE893 · #FBB4A5 · #FB9EC6
Palette Dcedc2
#DCEDC2 · #FFD3B5 · #FFAAA6 · #FF8C94
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #DCEDC1 · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette 98ddca
#98DDCA · #D5ECC2 · #FFD3B4 · #FFAAA7
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #FDFFAB · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5

Similar colors

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

#FFB2A6#FBB4A5#FFAAA6#FFAAA5#FFAAA7#FDAAAA#FDACAC#FAB2AC#FFAAAA#FFABAB#FFB4A2#FFACAC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCAFA5  ·  #FCAFA7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCAFA6?

#FCAFA6 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 175, 166). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCAFA6?

#FCAFA6 is RGB 252, 175, 166 — HSL 6°, 93%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 31%, 34%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCAFA6?

Its complement is #A6F3FC; analogous partners are #FCA6C9 and #FCDAA6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCAFA6 for text?

Black text on #FCAFA6 has a contrast ratio of 11.82:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.78:1.