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#FDC3CA — Pale Vivid Red

#FDC3CA 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 #FDC3CA 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.

#FDC3CA 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 #C4FDF6; it also sits naturally between #FDC4E7 and #FDDAC4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FDC3CA · RGB 253, 195, 202

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Color values

HEX#FDC3CA
RGB253, 195, 202
HSL353°, 94%, 88%
HSV353°, 23%, 99%
CMYK0%, 23%, 20%, 1%
XYZ70.68, 64.18, 64.54
Yxy64.18, 0.3545, 0.3219
CIE-Lab84.06, 21.71, 4.51
Hunter Lab80.11, 21.92, 4.10

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 76% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 23% · Yellow 20% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FDC3CA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FDC3CA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FDC3CA

.text { color: #FDC3CA; }
.background { background-color: #FDC3CA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDC3CA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 195, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(353, 94%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDC3CA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 195, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDC3CA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 195, 202, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FDC3CA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FDC3CA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FDC3CA

#FC9CA7#FB7080#F9485D#F81B35#E40721#BC061B#8F0415#68030F#3B0209#140103

Tints of #FDC3CA

#FDC9CF#FDCED3#FDCED3#FED2D8#FED7DC#FEDCE0#FEE1E5#FEE1E5#FEE6E9#FEEBED

Tones of #FDC3CA

#F9C8CD#F5CCD1#F1D0D4#EDD4D7#E9D8DA#E4DCDD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C4FDF6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.52:1 Fails
Against black text13.84:1 AAA

Best text color on #FDC3CA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FDC3CA

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 #FDC3CA: ·

How #FDC3CA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E4E3C8Deuteranopia · #E7ECC8Tritanopia · #FAC7C7

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 #FDC3CA rather than the exact color:

Palette Ff8ba7
#FF8BA7 · #FFC6C7 · #FAEEE7 · #C3F0CA
Palette Ffc7c7
#FFC7C7 · #FFE2E2 · #F6F6F6 · #8785A2
Palette F6f6f6
#F6F6F6 · #FFE2E2 · #FFC7C7 · #AAAAAA
Palette F0a8d0
#F0A8D0 · #F7B5CA · #FFC6C6 · #FFEBD4
Palette 7071e8
#7071E8 · #C683D7 · #ED9ED6 · #FFC7C7
Palette Ffc5c5
#FFC5C5 · #FFEBD8 · #C7DCA7 · #89B9AD

Similar colors

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

#FFC6C7#FFC7C7#FFC6C6#FFC5C5#FFC8C8#FFC4C4#FFC4D0#FFCACA#FFCACC#FCCBCB#FEBBCC#FFCBCB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FDC3C9  ·  #FDC3CB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDC3CA?

#FDC3CA is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 253, 195, 202). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDC3CA?

#FDC3CA is RGB 253, 195, 202 — HSL 353°, 94%, 88% — CMYK 0%, 23%, 20%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDC3CA?

Its complement is #C4FDF6; analogous partners are #FDC4E7 and #FDDAC4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDC3CA for text?

Black text on #FDC3CA has a contrast ratio of 13.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.52:1.