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#FCBFC4 — Pale Vivid Red

#FCBFC4 is a red color we call Pale Vivid Red, closest to the named color Pink (#FFC0CB). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: pink (#FFC0CB) — not an exact match. CSS pink gives you #FFC0CB, a different color; use #FCBFC4 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.

#FCBFC4 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 #C0FCF7; it also sits naturally between #FCC0E3 and #FCD9C0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCBFC4 · RGB 252, 191, 196

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Color values

HEX#FCBFC4
RGB252, 191, 196
HSL355°, 91%, 87%
HSV355°, 24%, 99%
CMYK0%, 24%, 22%, 1%
XYZ68.74, 61.94, 60.56
Yxy61.94, 0.3594, 0.3239
CIE-Lab82.88, 22.59, 6.01
Hunter Lab78.70, 22.73, 5.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 75% · Blue 77%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 24% · Yellow 22% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FCBFC4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FCBFC4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FCBFC4

.text { color: #FCBFC4; }
.background { background-color: #FCBFC4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCBFC4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 191, 196); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(355, 91%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCBFC4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 191, 196, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCBFC4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 191, 196, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCBFC4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCBFC4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCBFC4

#FA99A1#F86D78#F64655#F41F31#E00B1C#B40817#8D0712#66050D#3A0307#130102

Tints of #FCBFC4

#FCC5C9#FCC9CE#FDCED2#FDD3D7#FDD8DB#FDD8DB#FDDDE0#FEE2E4#FEE7E9#FEECED

Tones of #FCBFC4

#F8C4C8#F3C8CC#EFCDCF#EBD1D3#E6D5D7#E2DADA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C0FCF7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.57:1 Fails
Against black text13.39:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCBFC4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCBFC4

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 #FCBFC4: ·

How #FCBFC4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E2E1C3Deuteranopia · #E5EAC3Tritanopia · #F9C2C2

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 #FCBFC4 rather than the exact color:

Palette 0e3150
#0E3150 · #6DC9C8 · #FFC0C2 · #F7E9E3
Palette Fe81d4
#FE81D4 · #FAACBF · #FBC3C1 · #FFEABB
Palette Ccf6c8
#CCF6C8 · #FAFCC2 · #F6D6AD · #F9C0C0
Palette Fcf5ee
#FCF5EE · #FFC4C4 · #EE6983 · #850E35
Palette Fff5e4
#FFF5E4 · #FFC4C4 · #EE6983 · #850E35
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF

Similar colors

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

#FFC0C2#FBC3C1#F9C0C0#FFC4C4#FFBFBF#FFC5C5#FFBDBD#FFC6C6#F5C0C0#FFC6C7#FCB7C7#FFC7C7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCBFC3  ·  #FCBFC5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCBFC4?

#FCBFC4 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 191, 196). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCBFC4?

#FCBFC4 is RGB 252, 191, 196 — HSL 355°, 91%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 24%, 22%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCBFC4?

Its complement is #C0FCF7; analogous partners are #FCC0E3 and #FCD9C0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCBFC4 for text?

Black text on #FCBFC4 has a contrast ratio of 13.39:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.57:1.