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#fccad4

a pale, electric red · warm · closest name: Pink

Token name suggestion: Whisper Rust

RGB
252, 202, 212
HSL
348°, 89%, 89%
CMYK
0, 20, 16, 1
Luminance
0.6769

#fccad4 is a pale electric red, 348° on the wheel and 23/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.54:1). As text it scores 1.44:1 on white — use #E80D39 instead. Nearest name is Pink, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(348 89% 89%)rgb(252 202 212)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fccad4 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fccad4
Hue
348°
red
Saturation
89%
electric
Lightness
89%
pale
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
86%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6769
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
23/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
14.54:1
Closest name
Pink
ΔE2000 3.3
Chroma
19.3
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.885
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 28
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue348° of 360°
Saturation89%
Lightness89%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fccad4.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool23% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red31%
Green62%
Blue7%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#fccad4
HEX (8-digit)#fccad4ff
RGBrgb(252, 202, 212)
RGBArgba(252, 202, 212, 1)
HSLhsl(348, 89%, 89%)
HSV / HSBhsv(348, 20%, 99%)
HWBhwb(348 79% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20%, 16%, 1%)
LABlab(85.8 19.2 1.8)
LCHlch(85.8 19.3 5.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.885 0.058 4.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(73.15, 67.69, 71.49)
Decimal16566996
Display P3color(display-p3 0.988 0.792 0.831)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fccad4;
background-color: #fccad4;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fccad4;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fccad4] bg-[#fccad4]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fccad4;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.988, green: 0.792, blue: 0.831)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.988, green: 0.792, blue: 0.831, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FCCAD4</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFCCAD4)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFCCAD4)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(212, 202, 252)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(252, 202, 212)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(252, 202, 212)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 252, 202, 212)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9882f, 0.7922f, 0.8314f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{252,202,212}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fccad4 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fccad4 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#79071E, #EED3D8);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fccad4 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FDF2F4;
  --brand-100: #FBE5E9;
  --brand-200: #fccad4;
  --brand-300: #F995A9;
  --brand-400: #F6607E;
  --brand-500: #F32B53;
  --brand-600: #E80D39;
  --brand-700: #C10B2F;
  --brand-800: #9A0926;
  --brand-900: #6F0B1F;
  --brand-950: #460713;
  --brand: #fccad4;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F6;
  --brand-border: #EDC0C9;
  --brand-hover: #FAA8B9;
  --brand-pressed: #F8869D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241417;
    --brand-ink: #EED3D8;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF2F4',
        100: '#FBE5E9',
        200: '#fccad4',
        300: '#F995A9',
        400: '#F6607E',
        500: '#F32B53',
        600: '#E80D39',
        700: '#C10B2F',
        800: '#9A0926',
        900: '#6F0B1F',
        950: '#460713',
        DEFAULT: '#fccad4',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF2F4,
  '100': #FBE5E9,
  '200': #fccad4,
  '300': #F995A9,
  '400': #F6607E,
  '500': #F32B53,
  '600': #E80D39,
  '700': #C10B2F,
  '800': #9A0926,
  '900': #6F0B1F,
  '950': #460713,
);
$brand-base: #fccad4;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF2F4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FBE5E9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#fccad4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F995A9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F6607E", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F32B53", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E80D39", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C10B2F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9A0926", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6F0B1F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#460713", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #fccad4 · 14.54:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.44:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.54:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #fccad4 as text scores 1.44:1 on white and 14.54:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #79071E at 7.81:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#E80D39 · 4.62:1
AA on white−41% L
#E80D39
The quick fox
#B30A2C · 7.01:1
AAA on white−52% L
#B30A2C
The quick fox
#fccad4 · 14.54:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fccad4
The quick fox
#fccad4 · 14.54:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#fccad4

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F6607E is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#fccad4 on white: 1.44:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fccad4 on black: 14.54:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fccad4 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fccad4.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.44:1AaAa
Slate 501.38:1AaAa
Slate 1001.32:1AaAa
Slate 2001.17:1AaAa
Slate 3001.03:1AaAa
Slate 4001.78:1AaAa
Slate 5003.29:1AaAa
Slate 6005.25:1AaAa
Slate 7007.17:1AaAa
Slate 80010.13:1AaAa
Slate 90012.36:1AaAa
Black14.54:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D1D2D4
deuteranopia · #DCDAD3
tritanopia · #FFC7CD

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #fccad4 is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDF2F4
#FBE5E9
#fccad4
#F995A9
#F6607E
#F32B53
#E80D39
#C10B2F
#9A0926
#6F0B1F
#460713
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FDF2F4Darkest = 950 · #460713Text step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.015 4.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.023 4.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.035 4.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.045 4.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.053 4.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.058 4.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.058 4.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.055 4.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.049 4.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.041 4.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.032 4.9);
}

Colors that work with #fccad4

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF4F6
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0C9
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B5B
Captions on the surface
Accent#07C571
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#79071E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEE7EB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241417
Dark-mode background
Hover#FAA8B9
One step down in lightness
Pressed#F8869D
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FFD6DE
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #fccad4

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #79071E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #F6607E

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight11/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#CAFCF2
Analogous left#FCCAED
Analogous right#FCD9CA
Split-complement 1#CAFCD9
Split-complement 2#CAEDFC
Triadic 1#D4FCCA
Triadic 2#CAD4FC
Tetradic#EDFCCA
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°348°

#fccad4 sits at 348°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red98.8%
Green79.2%
Blue83.1%
R · 0–255
252
0xfc
G · 0–255
202
0xca
B · 0–255
212
0xd4

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta19.8%
Yellow15.9%
Key (black)1.2%

Total ink coverage is 37%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#fccad4 text on a black background

contrast 14.54:1

Card sample

#fccad4 text on a white background

contrast 1.44:1

Card sample

#fccad4 on grey

1.32:1

#fccad4 on its own surface

1.33:1

#fccad4 on its dark surface

12.24:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fccad4;
Background color
Panel with #fccad4 background
background-color: #fccad4;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fccad4;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(252, 202, 212, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(252, 202, 212, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fccad4;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fccad4, #FCE1CA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fccad4, #FCEECA);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fccad4;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fccad4;
caret-color: #fccad4;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fccad4;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEE7EB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fccad4;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fccad4 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fccad4 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(252, 202, 212, 0.5)
rgb(252 202 212 / 50%)
#fccad480
hsl(348 89% 89% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fccad4 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fccad41a#FFFAFB
20%#fccad433#FEF4F6
40%#fccad466#FEEAEE
60%#fccad499#FDDFE5
80%#fccad4cc#FDD5DD

Gradients from #fccad4

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEECEF, #fccad4 45%, #79071E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fccad4, #FAD8AD);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fccad4, #CAFCF2);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FEF1F3 0%, #fccad4 45%, #79071E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F6, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FFFAFE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FEF0E7 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #79071E 0%, transparent 65%), #fccad4;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fccad4

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#fccad4 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 14.54:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#fccad4, answered

What color is #fccad4?

#fccad4 is a pale electric red, closest to Pink (ΔE2000 3.3). It sits at 348° on the hue wheel with 89% saturation and 89% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fccad4?

rgb(252, 202, 212) — 252 red, 202 green and 212 blue out of 255, or 98.8% / 79.2% / 83.1% by channel.

What is #fccad4 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(348, 89%, 89%) and hsv(348, 20%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fccad4 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6769 and perceived brightness is 86%, so black text on it reaches 14.54:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fccad4?

Black. It scores 14.54:1 against #fccad4, versus 1.44:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #fccad4 accessible on a white background?

#fccad4 on white scores 1.44:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #E80D39 to reach 4.5:1, or #B30A2C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fccad4?

#CAFCF2 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CAFCD9 and #CAEDFC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fccad4?

For interface work: #FAF4F6 as the surface, #EDC0C9 for borders, #9B4B5B for secondary text, #07C571 as an accent and #79071E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FCCAED and #FCD9CA stays calm, while #CAFCF2 is the loudest partner.

What is #fccad4 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 20%, 16%, 1%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #fccad4 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 23 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FCD2CA; nudged cooler, #FDC9E6.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fccad4?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 28 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fccad4 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fccad4 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fccad4] or text-[#fccad4], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #fccad4 with 50% opacity?

rgba(252, 202, 212, 0.5), or #fccad480 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FEE5EA; over black, #7E656A.

Is #fccad4 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 3.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #fccad4 mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #fccad4?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEECEF, #fccad4 45%, #79071E). For more colour, a short hue run to #FAD8AD keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fccad4 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fccad4 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.