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#FCDFD9 — Pale Vivid Red

#FCDFD9 is a red color we call Pale Vivid Red, closest to the named color MistyRose (#FFE4E1). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: mistyrose (#FFE4E1) — not an exact match. CSS mistyrose gives you #FFE4E1, a different color; use #FCDFD9 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.

#FCDFD9 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 #D9F6FC; it also sits naturally between #FCD9E5 and #FCF0D9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCDFD9 · RGB 252, 223, 217

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Color values

HEX#FCDFD9
RGB252, 223, 217
HSL10°, 85%, 92%
HSV10°, 14%, 99%
CMYK0%, 12%, 14%, 1%
XYZ79.06, 78.48, 76.63
Yxy78.48, 0.3376, 0.3352
CIE-Lab91.00, 9.02, 6.58
Hunter Lab88.59, 9.14, 6.13

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 87% · Blue 85%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 12% · Yellow 14% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FCDFD9 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FCDFD9 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FCDFD9

.text { color: #FCDFD9; }
.background { background-color: #FCDFD9; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCDFD9; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 223, 217); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(10, 85%, 92%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCDFD9; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 223, 217, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCDFD9; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 223, 217, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCDFD9">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCDFD9">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCDFD9

#F8BBAF#F59784#F2775F#EF5334#E23512#B82B0F#8E210B#681808#3D0E05#130402

Tints of #FCDFD9

#FCDFD9#FCE3DE#FCE3DE#FDE7E3#FDE7E3#FDE7E3#FDEBE7#FDEBE7#FDEFEC#FDEFEC

Tones of #FCDFD9

#F9E1DC#F7E2DE#F5E4E1#F2E6E3#EFE7E6#EDE9E8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #D9F6FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.26:1 Fails
Against black text16.70:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCDFD9: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCDFD9

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 #FCDFD9: ·

How #FCDFD9 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EFEFDADeuteranopia · #F1F3DBTritanopia · #FBDCDC

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 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FCDFD9 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fce2db
#FCE2DB · #F1C6D3 · #E4A3D4 · #C295D8
Palette Ffdfd6
#FFDFD6 · #E3A5C7 · #B692C2 · #694F8E
Palette Ffb6b9
#FFB6B9 · #FAE3D9 · #BBDED6 · #61C0BF
Palette Ffb6b9
#FFB6B9 · #FAE3D9 · #BBDED6 · #8AC6D1
Palette 0a043c
#0A043C · #03506F · #BBBBBB · #FFE3D8
Ruby Garden
#D8A2A2 · #FFDCDC · #FFF9D6 · #8EA66B

Similar colors

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

#FCE2DB#FFDFD6#FAE3D9#FFE3D8#FFDCDC#FFDDDD#FFDADA#FFDEDE#F6DED8#F8DFD4#FFE4D6#FFE5D9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCDFD8  ·  #FCDFDA →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCDFD9?

#FCDFD9 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 223, 217). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCDFD9?

#FCDFD9 is RGB 252, 223, 217 — HSL 10°, 85%, 92% — CMYK 0%, 12%, 14%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCDFD9?

Its complement is #D9F6FC; analogous partners are #FCD9E5 and #FCF0D9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCDFD9 for text?

Black text on #FCDFD9 has a contrast ratio of 16.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.