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#FCCECB — Pale Vivid Red

#FCCECB 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 #FCCECB 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.

#FCCECB 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.

#FCCECB · RGB 252, 206, 203

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Color values

HEX#FCCECB
RGB252, 206, 203
HSL4°, 89%, 89%
HSV4°, 19%, 99%
CMYK0%, 18%, 19%, 1%
XYZ73.00, 69.15, 66.00
Yxy69.15, 0.3507, 0.3322
CIE-Lab86.58, 15.74, 7.60
Hunter Lab83.16, 15.86, 6.88

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 81% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 18% · Yellow 19% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FCCECB

.text { color: #FCCECB; }
.background { background-color: #FCCECB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCCECB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 206, 203); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(4, 89%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCCECB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 206, 203, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCCECB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 206, 203, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FCCECB

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

Tints of #FCCECB

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

Tones of #FCCECB

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

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CAF9FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.42:1 Fails
Against black text14.83:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCCECB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCCECB

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 #FCCECB: ·

How #FCCECB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E8E8CCDeuteranopia · #EBEECCTritanopia · #FACCCC

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 #FCCECB 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 05004e
#05004E · #FF0000 · #FB7777 · #FFCCCC
Palette F13e93
#F13E93 · #F891BB · #F9D0CD · #FAFFCB

Similar colors

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

#FCCBCB#FFCDC9#FFCCCC#F9D0CD#FFCBCB#FFCACC#FFCFCF#FFCACA#FFD0D0#F7CAC9#FCD1D1#FFD1D1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCCECA  ·  #FCCECC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCCECB?

#FCCECB is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 206, 203). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCCECB?

#FCCECB is RGB 252, 206, 203 — HSL 4°, 89%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 18%, 19%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCCECB?

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

Can I use #FCCECB for text?

Black text on #FCCECB has a contrast ratio of 14.83:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.42:1.