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#FFACA2 — Pale Vivid Red

#FFACA2 is a red color we call Pale Vivid Red, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #FFACA2 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.

#FFACA2 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 #A3F6FF; it also sits naturally between #FFA3C8 and #FFDAA3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FFACA2 · RGB 255, 172, 162

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Color values

HEX#FFACA2
RGB255, 172, 162
HSL6°, 100%, 82%
HSV6°, 36%, 100%
CMYK0%, 33%, 36%, 0%
XYZ62.51, 53.37, 41.19
Yxy53.37, 0.3980, 0.3398
CIE-Lab78.10, 29.24, 17.59
Hunter Lab73.06, 29.25, 14.26

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 33% · Yellow 36% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FFACA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FFACA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FFACA2

.text { color: #FFACA2; }
.background { background-color: #FFACA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FFACA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 172, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 100%, 82%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FFACA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 172, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FFACA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 172, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FFACA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FFACA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FFACA2

#FF887A#FF6352#FF432E#FF1E05#DB1600#B31200#8A0E00#660A00#3D0600#140200

Tints of #FFACA2

#FFB1A8#FFBAB3#FFBFB8#FFC8C2#FFCDC7#FFD1CC#FFDAD6#FFDFDB#FFE8E5#FFEDEB

Tones of #FFACA2

#F9B2AA#F2B7B1#EBBCB7#E5C1BD#DEC6C4#D8CCCB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3F6FF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.80:1 Fails
Against black text11.67:1 AAA

Best text color on #FFACA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FFACA2

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 #FFACA2: ·

How #FFACA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DBDAA4Deuteranopia · #E0E6A5Tritanopia · #FBA6A7

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:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FFACA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #DCEDC1 · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette A8e6cf
#A8E6CF · #FDFFAB · #FFD3B6 · #FFAAA5
Palette Dcedc2
#DCEDC2 · #FFD3B5 · #FFAAA6 · #FF8C94
Palette C7db9c
#C7DB9C · #FFF0BD · #FDAB9E · #E50046
Palette 98ddca
#98DDCA · #D5ECC2 · #FFD3B4 · #FFAAA7
Palette Eb4c4c
#EB4C4C · #FF7070 · #FFA6A6 · #FFEDC7

Similar colors

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

#FFAAA5#FFAAA6#FDAB9E#FFAAA7#FFA6A6#FFB2A6#FFB4A2#FFA4A4#FFAAAA#FDAAAA#FFABAB#FBB4A5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FFACA1  ·  #FFACA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FFACA2?

#FFACA2 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 255, 172, 162). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FFACA2?

#FFACA2 is RGB 255, 172, 162 — HSL 6°, 100%, 82% — CMYK 0%, 33%, 36%, 0%.

What colors go with #FFACA2?

Its complement is #A3F6FF; analogous partners are #FFA3C8 and #FFDAA3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FFACA2 for text?

Black text on #FFACA2 has a contrast ratio of 11.67:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.80:1.