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#fcc5ce

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

Token name suggestion: Chalk Cardinal

RGB
252, 197, 206
HSL
350°, 90%, 88%
CMYK
0, 22, 18, 1
Luminance
0.6508

#fcc5ce is a pale electric red, 350° on the wheel and 22/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.02:1). As text it scores 1.50:1 on white — use #E90C30 instead. Nearest name is Pink, nearest Tailwind family is pink.

hsl(350 90% 88%)rgb(252 197 206)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fcc5ce is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fcc5ce
Hue
350°
red
Saturation
90%
electric
Lightness
88%
pale
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
85%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6508
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
22/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
14.02:1
Closest name
Pink
ΔE2000 1.9
Chroma
21.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.875
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
pink
500 · ΔE 27.1
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue350° of 360°
Saturation90%
Lightness88%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fcc5ce.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool22% 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
Red32%
Green61%
Blue7%

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

Every format

HEX#fcc5ce
HEX (8-digit)#fcc5ceff
RGBrgb(252, 197, 206)
RGBArgba(252, 197, 206, 1)
HSLhsl(350, 90%, 88%)
HSV / HSBhsv(350, 22%, 99%)
HWBhwb(350 77% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22%, 18%, 1%)
LABlab(84.5 20.9 3.0)
LCHlch(84.5 21.1 8.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.875 0.064 7.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(71.25, 65.09, 67.19)
Decimal16565710
Display P3color(display-p3 0.988 0.773 0.808)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fcc5ce;
background-color: #fcc5ce;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fcc5ce;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fcc5ce] bg-[#fcc5ce]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fcc5ce;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.988, green: 0.773, blue: 0.808)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.988, green: 0.773, blue: 0.808, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FCC5CE</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFCC5CE)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFCC5CE)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(206, 197, 252)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(252, 197, 206)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(252, 197, 206)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 252, 197, 206)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9882f, 0.7725f, 0.8078f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{252,197,206}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fcc5ce 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fcc5ce 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#790619, #EED3D7);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fcc5ce 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: #FBE5E8;
  --brand-200: #fcc5ce;
  --brand-300: #FA94A5;
  --brand-400: #F75F78;
  --brand-500: #F42A4B;
  --brand-600: #E90C30;
  --brand-700: #C20A28;
  --brand-800: #9B0820;
  --brand-900: #700A1B;
  --brand-950: #460711;
  --brand: #fcc5ce;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F5;
  --brand-border: #EDC0C7;
  --brand-hover: #FAA3B1;
  --brand-pressed: #F98194;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241416;
    --brand-ink: #EED3D7;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF2F4',
        100: '#FBE5E8',
        200: '#fcc5ce',
        300: '#FA94A5',
        400: '#F75F78',
        500: '#F42A4B',
        600: '#E90C30',
        700: '#C20A28',
        800: '#9B0820',
        900: '#700A1B',
        950: '#460711',
        DEFAULT: '#fcc5ce',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF2F4,
  '100': #FBE5E8,
  '200': #fcc5ce,
  '300': #FA94A5,
  '400': #F75F78,
  '500': #F42A4B,
  '600': #E90C30,
  '700': #C20A28,
  '800': #9B0820,
  '900': #700A1B,
  '950': #460711,
);
$brand-base: #fcc5ce;
$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": "#FBE5E8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#fcc5ce", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#FA94A5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F75F78", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F42A4B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E90C30", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C20A28", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9B0820", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#700A1B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#460711", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #fcc5ce · 14.02:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.50:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.02:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #fcc5ce as text scores 1.50:1 on white and 14.02:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #790619 at 7.56:1.

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
#E90C30 · 4.61:1
AA on white−40% L
#E90C30
The quick fox
#B30925 · 7.04:1
AAA on white−51% L
#B30925
The quick fox
#fcc5ce · 14.02:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fcc5ce
The quick fox
#fcc5ce · 14.02:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#fcc5ce

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F75F78 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
#fcc5ce on white: 1.50:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fcc5ce on black: 14.02:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fcc5ce as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fcc5ce.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.50:1AaAa
Slate 501.43:1AaAa
Slate 1001.37:1AaAa
Slate 2001.22:1AaAa
Slate 3001.01:1AaAa
Slate 4001.71:1AaAa
Slate 5003.18:1AaAa
Slate 6005.06:1AaAa
Slate 7006.91:1AaAa
Slate 8009.76:1AaAa
Slate 90011.92:1AaAa
Black14.02:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #CDCDCE
deuteranopia · #D9D7CD
tritanopia · #FFC1C8

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. #fcc5ce 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
#FBE5E8
#fcc5ce
#FA94A5
#F75F78
#F42A4B
#E90C30
#C20A28
#9B0820
#700A1B
#460711
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FDF2F4Darkest = 950 · #460711Text 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 0.016 7.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.025 7.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.038 7.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.050 7.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.059 7.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.064 7.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.064 7.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.060 7.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.054 7.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.045 7.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.035 7.5);
}

Colors that work with #fcc5ce

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#FAF4F5
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0C7
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B58
Captions on the surface
Accent#07C575
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#790619
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEE7EB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241416
Dark-mode background
Hover#FAA3B1
One step down in lightness
Pressed#F98194
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FFD6DD
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 #fcc5ce

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 #790619
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #F75F78

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
  • Weight12/100
  • 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#C5FCF3
Analogous left#FCC5E9
Analogous right#FCD7C5
Split-complement 1#C5FCD7
Split-complement 2#C5E9FC
Triadic 1#CEFCC5
Triadic 2#C5CEFC
Tetradic#E9FCC5
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°350°

#fcc5ce sits at 350°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red98.8%
Green77.3%
Blue80.8%
R · 0–255
252
0xfc
G · 0–255
197
0xc5
B · 0–255
206
0xce

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta21.8%
Yellow18.3%
Key (black)1.2%

Total ink coverage is 41%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#fcc5ce text on a black background

contrast 14.02:1

Card sample

#fcc5ce text on a white background

contrast 1.50:1

Card sample

#fcc5ce on grey

1.37:1

#fcc5ce on its own surface

1.38:1

#fcc5ce on its dark surface

11.81:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fcc5ce;
Background color
Panel with #fcc5ce background
background-color: #fcc5ce;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fcc5ce;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(252, 197, 206, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(252, 197, 206, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fcc5ce;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fcc5ce, #FCE1C5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fcc5ce, #FCEEC5);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fcc5ce;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fcc5ce;
caret-color: #fcc5ce;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fcc5ce;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEE7EB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fcc5ce;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fcc5ce 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fcc5ce 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, 197, 206, 0.5)
rgb(252 197 206 / 50%)
#fcc5ce80
hsl(350 90% 88% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fcc5ce 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fcc5ce1a#FFF9FA
20%#fcc5ce33#FEF3F5
40%#fcc5ce66#FEE8EB
60%#fcc5ce99#FDDCE2
80%#fcc5cecc#FDD1D8

Gradients from #fcc5ce

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, #fcc5ce 45%, #790619);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fcc5ce, #FBD8A8);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fcc5ce, #C5FCF3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FEF0F3 0%, #fcc5ce 45%, #790619 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FFF5FC 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FEEDE2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #790619 0%, transparent 65%), #fcc5ce;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fcc5ce

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.

#fcc5ce 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 14.02:1.

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.

#fcc5ce, answered

What color is #fcc5ce?

#fcc5ce is a pale electric red, closest to Pink (ΔE2000 1.9). It sits at 350° on the hue wheel with 90% saturation and 88% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fcc5ce?

rgb(252, 197, 206) — 252 red, 197 green and 206 blue out of 255, or 98.8% / 77.3% / 80.8% by channel.

What is #fcc5ce in HSL and HSV?

hsl(350, 90%, 88%) and hsv(350, 22%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fcc5ce a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6508 and perceived brightness is 85%, so black text on it reaches 14.02:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fcc5ce?

Black. It scores 14.02:1 against #fcc5ce, versus 1.50:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #fcc5ce accessible on a white background?

#fcc5ce on white scores 1.50:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #E90C30 to reach 4.5:1, or #B30925 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fcc5ce?

#C5FCF3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #C5FCD7 and #C5E9FC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fcc5ce?

For interface work: #FAF4F5 as the surface, #EDC0C7 for borders, #9B4B58 for secondary text, #07C575 as an accent and #790619 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FCC5E9 and #FCD7C5 stays calm, while #C5FCF3 is the loudest partner.

What is #fcc5ce in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 22%, 18%, 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 #fcc5ce warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 22 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FCD0C5; nudged cooler, #FDC4E2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fcc5ce?

The pink family — its 500 step is #ec4899, ΔE2000 27.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fcc5ce as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fcc5ce in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fcc5ce] or text-[#fcc5ce], 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 #fcc5ce with 50% opacity?

rgba(252, 197, 206, 0.5), or #fcc5ce80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FEE2E7; over black, #7E6367.

Is #fcc5ce a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 3.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #fcc5ce 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 #fcc5ce?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEECEF, #fcc5ce 45%, #790619). For more colour, a short hue run to #FBD8A8 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fcc5ce in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fcc5ce at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.