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#FCCBCA — Pale Vivid Red

#FCCBCA 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 #FCCBCA 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.

#FCCBCA 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 #CAFBFC; it also sits naturally between #FCCAE2 and #FCE4CA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCCBCA · RGB 252, 203, 202

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Color values

HEX#FCCBCA
RGB252, 203, 202
HSL1°, 89%, 89%
HSV1°, 20%, 99%
CMYK0%, 19%, 20%, 1%
XYZ72.16, 67.67, 65.14
Yxy67.67, 0.3521, 0.3302
CIE-Lab85.84, 17.16, 7.07
Hunter Lab82.26, 17.29, 6.40

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 80% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 20% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FCCBCA

.text { color: #FCCBCA; }
.background { background-color: #FCCBCA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCCBCA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 203, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(1, 89%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCCBCA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 203, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCCBCA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 203, 202, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FCCBCA

#FAA5A3#F77A78#F55451#F22A26#E3110D#B70E0B#910B08#650706#3F0504#130101

Tints of #FCCBCA

#FCD0CF#FCD0CF#FCD4D4#FDD9D8#FDDEDD#FDDEDD#FDE3E2#FEE7E7#FEE7E7#FEECEC

Tones of #FCCBCA

#F8CECE#F5D2D1#F1D5D5#EED9D8#EADCDC#E7DFDF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CAFBFC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.44:1 Fails
Against black text14.53:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCCBCA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCCBCA

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 #FCCBCA: ·

How #FCCBCA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E6CADeuteranopia · #EAEDCATritanopia · #FACACA

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 #FCCBCA rather than the exact color:

Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette D9d7f1
#D9D7F1 · #FFFDDE · #E7FBBE · #FFCBCB
Palette 251b37
#251B37 · #372948 · #FFCACA · #FFECEF
Palette 102c57
#102C57 · #1679AB · #FFB1B1 · #FFCBCB
Palette 121481
#121481 · #FFEAE3 · #FFCBCB · #FFB1B1
Palette Feeac9
#FEEAC9 · #FFCDC9 · #FDACAC · #FD7979

Similar colors

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

#FCCBCB#FFCBCB#FFCACA#FFCDC9#FFCCCC#FFCACC#FFC8C8#F7CAC9#FFC7C7#F9D0CD#FFC6C7#F5CBCB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCCBC9  ·  #FCCBCB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCCBCA?

#FCCBCA is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 203, 202). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCCBCA?

#FCCBCA is RGB 252, 203, 202 — HSL 1°, 89%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 19%, 20%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCCBCA?

Its complement is #CAFBFC; analogous partners are #FCCAE2 and #FCE4CA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCCBCA for text?

Black text on #FCCBCA has a contrast ratio of 14.53:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.44:1.