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#FCCDCA — Pale Vivid Red

#FCCDCA 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 #FCCDCA 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.

#FCCDCA 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 #CAF9FC; it also sits naturally between #FCCAE0 and #FCE6CA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCCDCA · RGB 252, 205, 202

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Color values

HEX#FCCDCA
RGB252, 205, 202
HSL4°, 89%, 89%
HSV4°, 20%, 99%
CMYK0%, 19%, 20%, 1%
XYZ72.64, 68.62, 65.29
Yxy68.62, 0.3517, 0.3322
CIE-Lab86.32, 16.11, 7.75
Hunter Lab82.84, 16.23, 7.00

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

CSS code for #FCCDCA

.text { color: #FCCDCA; }
.background { background-color: #FCCDCA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCCDCA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 205, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(4, 89%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCCDCA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 205, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCCDCA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 205, 202, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FCCDCA

#FAA9A3#F78178#F55C51#F23426#E31B0D#B7160B#911108#650C06#3F0804#130201

Tints of #FCCDCA

#FCD2CF#FCD2CF#FCD6D4#FDDBD8#FDDFDD#FDDFDD#FDE4E2#FEE8E7#FEE8E7#FEEDEC

Tones of #FCCDCA

#F8D0CE#F5D3D1#F1D7D5#EEDAD8#EADDDC#E7E0DF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CAF9FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.43:1 Fails
Against black text14.72:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCCDCA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCCDCA

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 #FCCDCA: ·

How #FCCDCA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E8E7CBDeuteranopia · #EAEECBTritanopia · #FACBCB

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 #FCCDCA rather than the exact color:

Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette Feeac9
#FEEAC9 · #FFCDC9 · #FDACAC · #FD7979
Palette Ffeecc
#FFEECC · #FFDDCC · #FFCCCC · #FEBBCC
Palette Ffbbcc
#FFBBCC · #FFCCCC · #FFDDCC · #FFEECC
Palette D9d7f1
#D9D7F1 · #FFFDDE · #E7FBBE · #FFCBCB
Palette 05004e
#05004E · #FF0000 · #FB7777 · #FFCCCC

Similar colors

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

#FCCBCB#FFCDC9#FFCCCC#FFCBCB#FFCACA#FFCACC#F9D0CD#F7CAC9#FFC8C8#FFCFCF#FAD0C4#F5CBCB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCCDC9  ·  #FCCDCB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCCDCA?

#FCCDCA is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 205, 202). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCCDCA?

#FCCDCA is RGB 252, 205, 202 — HSL 4°, 89%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 19%, 20%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCCDCA?

Its complement is #CAF9FC; analogous partners are #FCCAE0 and #FCE6CA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCCDCA for text?

Black text on #FCCDCA has a contrast ratio of 14.72:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.43:1.