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#FCCECC — Pale Vivid Red

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

#FCCECC 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 #CAFAFC; it also sits naturally between #FCCAE1 and #FCE5CA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCCECC · RGB 252, 206, 204

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Color values

HEX#FCCECC
RGB252, 206, 204
HSL2°, 89%, 89%
HSV2°, 19%, 99%
CMYK0%, 18%, 19%, 1%
XYZ73.12, 69.20, 66.63
Yxy69.20, 0.3499, 0.3312
CIE-Lab86.60, 15.89, 7.10
Hunter Lab83.19, 16.01, 6.45

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

CSS code for #FCCECC

.text { color: #FCCECC; }
.background { background-color: #FCCECC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCCECC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 206, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(2, 89%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCCECC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 206, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCCECC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 206, 204, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FCCECC

#FAA6A3#F77C78#F55751#F22D26#E3140D#B7100B#910D08#650906#3F0604#130201

Tints of #FCCECC

#FCD0CF#FCD0CF#FCD5D4#FDDAD8#FDDEDD#FDDEDD#FDE3E2#FEE8E7#FEE8E7#FEECEC

Tones of #FCCECC

#F8CFCE#F5D2D1#F1D6D5#EED9D8#EADCDC#E7E0DF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CAFAFC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.42:1 Fails
Against black text14.84:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCCECC: #000000.

How #FCCECC 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 · #EBEECDTritanopia · #FACDCD

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 #FCCECC rather than the exact color:

Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette Ffeecc
#FFEECC · #FFDDCC · #FFCCCC · #FEBBCC
Palette Ffbbcc
#FFBBCC · #FFCCCC · #FFDDCC · #FFEECC
Palette 05004e
#05004E · #FF0000 · #FB7777 · #FFCCCC
Palette F13e93
#F13E93 · #F891BB · #F9D0CD · #FAFFCB
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#FFCCCC#F9D0CD#FFCDC9#FFCBCB#FFCFCF#FFCACC#FFD0D0#FFCACA#FCD1D1#FFD1D1#FFCCD2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCCECB  ·  #FCCECD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCCECC?

#FCCECC is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 206, 204). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCCECC?

#FCCECC is RGB 252, 206, 204 — HSL 2°, 89%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 18%, 19%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCCECC?

Its complement is #CAFAFC; analogous partners are #FCCAE1 and #FCE5CA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCCECC for text?

Black text on #FCCECC has a contrast ratio of 14.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.42:1.