Colors Encyclopedia

HEX atlas value

#FC8EAC

#FC8EAC is a warm pink HEX color nearest Flamingo Pink. RGB 252, 142, 172, HSL 344° 95% 77%, luminance 0.4302; view contrast and conversions.

pinkwarmpastel
#FC8EAC Sample readable text
HEX #FC8EAC
RGB rgb(252, 142, 172)
HSL hsl(344 95% 77%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 44, 32, 1)
Luminance 0.4302
Contrast Black 9.6:1White 2.19:1

CSS

--color-fc8eac: #FC8EAC;
.background-fc8eac { background-color: #FC8EAC; }
.text-fc8eac { color: #FC8EAC; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FC8EAC

#FC8EAC is classified as a warm pink value with pastel visual character. #FC8EAC is visually closest to Flamingo Pink, a named pink color with HEX #FC8EAC.

The RGB channels are 252, 142, and 172, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 344deg with 95% saturation and 77% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.4302, 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 text9.6:1AA Pass
White text2.19:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FC8EAC needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000009.6:1 · AAA
White text#FFFFFF2.19:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#FEE6ED#FEE6ED · #000000 text · best 17.76:1#8DFCDE#8DFCDE · #000000 text · best 17.11:1Pastel Coral#FFB3A7 · #000000 text · best 12.26:1Soft Coral#F7A8A8 · #000000 text · best 11.12:1Lotus Pink#F4A7B9 · #000000 text · best 11.07:1

Generated Palette

Flamingo Pink#FC8EAC
#8DFCDE#8DFCDE
#FC8DE2#FC8DE2
#FCA78D#FCA78D
#FEE6ED#FEE6ED
#FA3368#FA3368

Color Harmonies

#8DFCDE#8DFCDE
#FC8DE2#FC8DE2
#FCA78D#FCA78D
#AAFC8D#AAFC8D
#8DAAFC#8DAAFC

Variants

#FEE6ED#FEE6ED
#FA3368#FA3368
#FF8AA9#FF8AA9
#EF9AB0#EF9AB0
White#FFFFFF
#FFB3C7#FFB3C7

Nearest Named Colors

Flamingo Pink#FC8EAC
Salmon Pink#FF91A4
Soft Coral#F7A8A8
Lotus Pink#F4A7B9
Pastel Coral#FFB3A7

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

Structured HEX color data for conversion, WCAG checks, CSS generation, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.4302
Black text9.6:1AA Pass
White text2.19:1AA 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
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
{"hex":"#FC8EAC","rgb":[252,142,172],"hsl":[344,95,77],"cmyk":[0,44,32,1],"luminance":0.4302,"contrast":{"black":9.6,"white":2.19}}
WCAG
{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}
Safe pairings
[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":9.6,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.19,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]
Accessible alternatives
[{"name":"#FEE6ED","hex":"#FEE6ED","family":"pink","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.76,"contrastWhite":1.18,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#8DFCDE","hex":"#8DFCDE","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.11,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Pastel Coral","hex":"#FFB3A7","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.26,"contrastWhite":1.71,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Soft Coral","hex":"#F7A8A8","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.12,"contrastWhite":1.89,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Lotus Pink","hex":"#F4A7B9","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.07,"contrastWhite":1.9,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]
AI context
{"semanticGroups":["warm pink","pastel","pastel pink","Flamingo Pink adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/fc8eac.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/flamingo-pink.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/salmon-pink.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soft-coral.json"]}
Harmonies
{"complementary":"#8DFCDE","analogous":["#FC8DE2","#FCA78D"],"triadic":["#AAFC8D","#8DAAFC"],"tetradic":["#E2FC8D","#8DFCDE","#A78DFC"],"splitComplementary":["#8DFCA7","#8DE2FC"],"monochromatic":["#FEE6ED","#FC8EAC","#FA3368"]}
Variants
{"light":"#FEE6ED","dark":"#FA3368","saturated":"#FF8AA9","desaturated":"#EF9AB0","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFB3C7"}
Nearest named colors
[{"slug":"flamingo-pink","name":"Flamingo Pink","hex":"#FC8EAC","distance":0},{"slug":"salmon-pink","name":"Salmon Pink","hex":"#FF91A4","distance":9.055385138137417},{"slug":"soft-coral","name":"Soft Coral","hex":"#F7A8A8","distance":26.77685567799177},{"slug":"lotus-pink","name":"Lotus Pink","hex":"#F4A7B9","distance":29.29163703175362},{"slug":"pastel-coral","name":"Pastel Coral","hex":"#FFB3A7","distance":37.456641600656084}]
Dataset manifest Version 1.0.0 Build hash published in manifest Canonical page

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