HEX atlas value

#FC5A8D

#FC5A8D is a warm pink HEX color nearest Strawberry. RGB 252, 90, 141, HSL 341° 96% 67%, luminance 0.2993; view contrast and conversions.

pink warm vibrant

#FC5A8D Sample readable text

HEX #FC5A8D

RGB rgb(252, 90, 141)

HSL hsl(341 96% 67%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 64, 44, 1)

Luminance 0.2993

Contrast Black 6.99:1White 3.01:1

CSS

--color-fc5a8d: #FC5A8D;
.background-fc5a8d { background-color: #FC5A8D; }
.text-fc5a8d { color: #FC5A8D; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FC5A8D

#FC5A8D is classified as a warm pink value with vibrant visual character. #FC5A8D is visually closest to Strawberry, a named pink color with HEX #FC5A8D.

The RGB channels are 252, 90, and 141, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 341deg with 96% saturation and 67% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.2993, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text6.99:1AA Pass

White text3.01:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FC5A8D needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000006.99:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF3.01:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#5AFCC8#5AFCC8 · #000000 text · best 16.19:1 #FDB4CB#FDB4CB · #000000 text · best 12.57:1 #FC785A#FC785A · #000000 text · best 7.97:1 #FC5ADE#FC5ADE · #000000 text · best 7.66:1 Watermelon#FC6C85 · #000000 text · best 7.62:1

Generated Palette

Strawberry#FC5A8D

#5AFCC8#5AFCC8

#FC5ADE#FC5ADE

#FC785A#FC785A

#FDB4CB#FDB4CB

#F50551#F50551

Color Harmonies

#5AFCC8#5AFCC8

#FC5ADE#FC5ADE

#FC785A#FC785A

#8DFC5A#8DFC5A

#5A8DFC#5A8DFC

Variants

#FDB4CB#FDB4CB

#F50551#F50551

#FF578C#FF578C

#E96D94#E96D94

#FBDAE5#FBDAE5

#FF80A8#FF80A8

Nearest Named Colors

Strawberry#FC5A8D

Watermelon#FC6C85

Blush#DE5D83

Bougainvillea#D958A0

Pale Violet Red#DB7093

Luminance0.2993

Black text6.99:1AA Pass

White text3.01:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#FC5A8D","rgb":[252,90,141],"hsl":[341,96,67],"cmyk":[0,64,44,1],"luminance":0.2993,"contrast":{"black":6.99,"white":3.01}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":6.99,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":3.01,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#5AFCC8","hex":"#5AFCC8","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.19,"contrastWhite":1.3,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FDB4CB","hex":"#FDB4CB","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.57,"contrastWhite":1.67,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#FC785A","hex":"#FC785A","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.97,"contrastWhite":2.63,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#FC5ADE","hex":"#FC5ADE","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.66,"contrastWhite":2.74,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"Watermelon","hex":"#FC6C85","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.62,"contrastWhite":2.76,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm pink","vibrant","vibrant pink","Strawberry adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/fc5a8d.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/strawberry.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/watermelon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/blush.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#5AFCC8","analogous":["#FC5ADE","#FC785A"],"triadic":["#8DFC5A","#5A8DFC"],"tetradic":["#DEFC5A","#5AFCC8","#785AFC"],"splitComplementary":["#5AFC78","#5ADEFC"],"monochromatic":["#FDB4CB","#FC5A8D","#F50551"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FDB4CB","dark":"#F50551","saturated":"#FF578C","desaturated":"#E96D94","pastel":"#FBDAE5","neon":"#FF80A8"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"strawberry","name":"Strawberry","hex":"#FC5A8D","distance":0},{"slug":"watermelon","name":"Watermelon","hex":"#FC6C85","distance":19.697715603592208},{"slug":"blush","name":"Blush","hex":"#DE5D83","distance":31.76476034853718},{"slug":"bougainvillea","name":"Bougainvillea","hex":"#D958A0","distance":39.87480407475377},{"slug":"pale-violet-red","name":"Pale Violet Red","hex":"#DB7093","distance":40.11234224026316}]

#FC5A8D

CSS

About #FC5A8D

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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