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#FCBAFB — Pale Vivid Pink

#FCBAFB is a pink color we call Pale Vivid Pink, closest to the named color Pink (#FFC0CB). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: pink (#FFC0CB) — not an exact match. CSS pink gives you #FFC0CB, a different color; use #FCBAFB 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.

#FCBAFB is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BAFCBC; it also sits naturally between #DCBAFC and #FCBADA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCBAFB · RGB 252, 186, 251

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Color values

HEX#FCBAFB
RGB252, 186, 251
HSL301°, 92%, 86%
HSV301°, 26%, 99%
CMYK0%, 26%, 0%, 1%
XYZ75.12, 62.78, 99.43
Yxy62.78, 0.3165, 0.2645
CIE-Lab83.33, 34.15, -22.78
Hunter Lab79.23, 35.35, -24.14

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 73% · Blue 98%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 0% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FCBAFB

.text { color: #FCBAFB; }
.background { background-color: #FCBAFB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCBAFB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 186, 251); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(301, 92%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCBAFB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 186, 251, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCBAFB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 186, 251, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FCBAFB

#FB93F9#F96CF7#F740F4#F519F2#DC09D9#B508B2#8E068C#620460#3B023A#140113

Tints of #FCBAFB

#FCBFFB#FDC4FC#FDC9FC#FDCEFC#FDD3FC#FDD8FD#FEDDFD#FEE2FD#FEE7FE#FEEBFE

Tones of #FCBAFB

#F8BFF7#F3C4F2#EEC8EE#E9CDE9#E5D2E4#E0D7E0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BAFCBC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.55:1 Fails
Against black text13.56:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCBAFB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCBAFB

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 #FCBAFB: ·

How #FCBAFB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DFDFEBDeuteranopia · #E3E8E8Tritanopia · #F9DFDC

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 · #F8F9FATailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind purple 500 · #A855F7

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Fff4bf
#FFF4BF · #FFBEFB · #DC95FF · #8C56D4
Palette Ff78c4
#FF78C4 · #E1AEFF · #FFBDF7 · #FFECEC
Palette Cffffe
#CFFFFE · #F9F7D9 · #FCE2CE · #FFC1F3
Palette B33791
#B33791 · #C562AF · #DB8DD0 · #FEC5F6
Palette Fcc6ff
#FCC6FF · #FFE6C9 · #FFC785 · #FFA09B
Wild Ruby Cinder
#17BC17 · #34E65E · #E73CE7 · #F1B6F1

Similar colors

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

#FFBEFB#FFBDF7#FFC1F3#FEC5F6#FCC6FF#F1B6F1#EFB1FF#F8BDEB#FDB7EA#FFADEE#F2AFEF#F2C4EE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCBAFA  ·  #FCBAFC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCBAFB?

#FCBAFB is Pale Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 252, 186, 251). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCBAFB?

#FCBAFB is RGB 252, 186, 251 — HSL 301°, 92%, 86% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 0%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCBAFB?

Its complement is #BAFCBC; analogous partners are #DCBAFC and #FCBADA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCBAFB for text?

Black text on #FCBAFB has a contrast ratio of 13.56:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.55:1.