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#FDCDCE — Pale Vivid Red

#FDCDCE 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 #FDCDCE 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.

#FDCDCE 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 #CEFDFC; it also sits naturally between #FDCEE6 and #FDE5CE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FDCDCE · RGB 253, 205, 206

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Color values

HEX#FDCDCE
RGB253, 205, 206
HSL359°, 92%, 90%
HSV359°, 19%, 99%
CMYK0%, 19%, 19%, 1%
XYZ73.48, 69.00, 67.84
Yxy69.00, 0.3494, 0.3281
CIE-Lab86.50, 17.06, 5.91
Hunter Lab83.07, 17.24, 5.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 80% · Blue 81%

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

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FDCDCE

.text { color: #FDCDCE; }
.background { background-color: #FDCDCE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDCDCE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 205, 206); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(359, 92%, 90%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDCDCE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 205, 206, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDCDCE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 205, 206, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FDCDCE

#FBA2A3#F97B7D#F84F52#F6282B#E60A0D#BA080B#930608#670406#400304#140101

Tints of #FDCDCE

#FDD3D4#FDD3D4#FDD8D8#FDD8D8#FEDDDD#FEE2E2#FEE2E2#FEE7E7#FEE7E7#FEEBEC

Tones of #FDCDCE

#FAD1D2#F6D5D5#F3D8D8#EFDCDC#ECDFDF#E9E2E2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CEFDFC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.42:1 Fails
Against black text14.80:1 AAA

Best text color on #FDCDCE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FDCDCE

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 #FDCDCE: ·

How #FDCDCE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E8E8CEDeuteranopia · #EBEFCETritanopia · #FBCECE

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 fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Ffeecc
#FFEECC · #FFDDCC · #FFCCCC · #FEBBCC
Palette Ffbbcc
#FFBBCC · #FFCCCC · #FFDDCC · #FFEECC
Palette 86a788
#86A788 · #FFFDEC · #FFE2E2 · #FFCFCF
Palette 05004e
#05004E · #FF0000 · #FB7777 · #FFCCCC
Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette A87676
#A87676 · #CA8787 · #E1ACAC · #FFD0D0

Similar colors

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

#FFCCCC#FFCFCF#FCCBCB#FFD0D0#FFCACC#FFCBCB#FFCCD2#F9D0CD#FCD1D1#FFD1D1#FFCACA#FFCDC9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FDCDCD  ·  #FDCDCF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDCDCE?

#FDCDCE is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 253, 205, 206). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDCDCE?

#FDCDCE is RGB 253, 205, 206 — HSL 359°, 92%, 90% — CMYK 0%, 19%, 19%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDCDCE?

Its complement is #CEFDFC; analogous partners are #FDCEE6 and #FDE5CE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDCDCE for text?

Black text on #FDCDCE has a contrast ratio of 14.80:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.42:1.