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#FDA0CD — Light Vivid Pink

#FDA0CD is a pink color we call Light Vivid Pink, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #FDA0CD 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.

#FDA0CD is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A0FDD0; it also sits naturally between #FDA0FC and #FDA2A0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FDA0CD · RGB 253, 160, 205

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Color values

HEX#FDA0CD
RGB253, 160, 205
HSL331°, 96%, 81%
HSV331°, 37%, 99%
CMYK0%, 37%, 19%, 1%
XYZ64.10, 50.43, 64.11
Yxy50.43, 0.3588, 0.2823
CIE-Lab76.33, 40.48, -8.44
Hunter Lab71.02, 41.27, -7.98

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 63% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 37% · Yellow 19% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FDA0CD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FDA0CD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FDA0CD

.text { color: #FDA0CD; }
.background { background-color: #FDA0CD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDA0CD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 160, 205); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(331, 96%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDA0CD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 160, 205, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDA0CD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 160, 205, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FDA0CD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FDA0CD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FDA0CD

#FC78B8#FC55A6#FB2D90#FA057B#D7046A#AF0456#870343#5F022F#3C011E#14000A

Tints of #FDA0CD

#FDAAD2#FDAFD5#FEB9DA#FEBEDD#FEC8E2#FECDE5#FED7EA#FEDCED#FEE6F2#FFEBF4

Tones of #FDA0CD

#F6A7CD#F0ADCD#E9B4CE#E2BBCE#DCC1CE#D5C8CE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A0FDD0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.89:1 Fails
Against black text11.09:1 AAA

Best text color on #FDA0CD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FDA0CD

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 #FDA0CD: ·

How #FDA0CD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D5D4C2Deuteranopia · #DAE1C0Tritanopia · #F8BAB8

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 · #F8F9FATailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EFTailwind pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FDA0CD rather than the exact color:

Palette Bce6eb
#BCE6EB · #FDCFDF · #FBBEDF · #FCA3CC
Palette Fe9ec7
#FE9EC7 · #F9F6C4 · #89D4FF · #44ACFF
Palette F8f4ec
#F8F4EC · #FF9BD2 · #D63484 · #402B3A
Palette 86469c
#86469C · #BC7FCD · #FB9AD1 · #FFCDEA
Palette Fcffc1
#FCFFC1 · #FFE893 · #FBB4A5 · #FB9EC6
Palette Fbf5a7
#FBF5A7 · #FF97D0 · #FF62BB · #B331F1

Similar colors

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

#FCA3CC#FE9EC7#FF9BD2#FB9AD1#FB9EC6#FF97D0#F4A0C9#FBACCC#F599C6#F19ED2#F7A8C4#FFACC7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FDA0CC  ·  #FDA0CE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDA0CD?

#FDA0CD is Light Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 253, 160, 205). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDA0CD?

#FDA0CD is RGB 253, 160, 205 — HSL 331°, 96%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 37%, 19%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDA0CD?

Its complement is #A0FDD0; analogous partners are #FDA0FC and #FDA2A0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDA0CD for text?

Black text on #FDA0CD has a contrast ratio of 11.09:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.89:1.