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#FCCFCA — Pale Vivid Red

#FCCFCA 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 #FCCFCA 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.

#FCCFCA 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 #CAF7FC; it also sits naturally between #FCCADE and #FCE8CA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCCFCA · RGB 252, 207, 202

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Color values

HEX#FCCFCA
RGB252, 207, 202
HSL6°, 89%, 89%
HSV6°, 20%, 99%
CMYK0%, 18%, 20%, 1%
XYZ73.12, 69.59, 65.45
Yxy69.59, 0.3513, 0.3343
CIE-Lab86.79, 15.07, 8.44
Hunter Lab83.42, 15.17, 7.61

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 81% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 18% · Yellow 20% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FCCFCA

.text { color: #FCCFCA; }
.background { background-color: #FCCFCA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCCFCA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 207, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 89%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCCFCA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 207, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCCFCA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 207, 202, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FCCFCA

#FAACA3#F78578#F56251#F23B26#E3230D#B71C0B#911608#650F06#3F0A04#130301

Tints of #FCCFCA

#FCD3CF#FCD3CF#FCD8D4#FDDCD8#FDE0DD#FDE0DD#FDE5E2#FEE9E7#FEE9E7#FEEEEC

Tones of #FCCFCA

#F8D2CE#F5D5D1#F1D8D5#EEDAD8#EADDDC#E7E0DF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CAF7FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.41:1 Fails
Against black text14.92:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCCFCA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCCFCA

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 #FCCFCA: ·

How #FCCFCA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E9E8CBDeuteranopia · #EBEECBTritanopia · #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 #FCCFCA rather than the exact color:

Palette Feeac9
#FEEAC9 · #FFCDC9 · #FDACAC · #FD7979
Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette F13e93
#F13E93 · #F891BB · #F9D0CD · #FAFFCB
Palette Ffeecc
#FFEECC · #FFDDCC · #FFCCCC · #FEBBCC
Palette Ffbbcc
#FFBBCC · #FFCCCC · #FFDDCC · #FFEECC
Palette 05004e
#05004E · #FF0000 · #FB7777 · #FFCCCC

Similar colors

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

#FFCDC9#FCCBCB#F9D0CD#FFCCCC#FFCBCB#FFCFCF#FFCACA#FFCACC#FAD0C4#FFD0D0#F7CAC9#FCD1D1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCCFC9  ·  #FCCFCB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCCFCA?

#FCCFCA is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 207, 202). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCCFCA?

#FCCFCA is RGB 252, 207, 202 — HSL 6°, 89%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 18%, 20%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCCFCA?

Its complement is #CAF7FC; analogous partners are #FCCADE and #FCE8CA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCCFCA for text?

Black text on #FCCFCA has a contrast ratio of 14.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.41:1.