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#F2BFCC — Pale Red

#F2BFCC is a red color we call Pale Red, closest to the named color Pink (#FFC0CB). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: pink (#FFC0CB) — not an exact match. CSS pink gives you #FFC0CB, a different color; use #F2BFCC 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.

#F2BFCC 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 #C0F2E5; it also sits naturally between #F2C0E5 and #F2CCC0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F2BFCC · RGB 242, 191, 204

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Color values

HEX#F2BFCC
RGB242, 191, 204
HSL345°, 66%, 85%
HSV345°, 21%, 95%
CMYK0%, 21%, 16%, 5%
XYZ66.15, 60.50, 65.32
Yxy60.50, 0.3446, 0.3152
CIE-Lab82.11, 20.21, 0.48
Hunter Lab77.78, 20.16, 0.44

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 95% · Green 75% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 21% · Yellow 16% · Key 5%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F2BFCC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F2BFCC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F2BFCC

.text { color: #F2BFCC; }
.background { background-color: #F2BFCC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F2BFCC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(242, 191, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(345, 66%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F2BFCC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(242, 191, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F2BFCC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(242, 191, 204, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F2BFCC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F2BFCC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F2BFCC

#EB9EB1#E47C96#DD5A7B#D63860#BE274D#981F3E#771830#551122#330A15#110307

Tints of #F2BFCC

#F3C4D0#F4C8D3#F5CCD6#F5D0DA#F7D9E0#F8DDE4#F9E1E7#FAE6EB#FBEAEE#FCEEF1

Tones of #F2BFCC

#EFC3CE#EBC7D0#E7CAD1#E3CED3#E0D1D5#DCD5D7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C0F2E5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.60:1 Fails
Against black text13.10:1 AAA

Best text color on #F2BFCC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F2BFCC

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 #F2BFCC: ·

How #F2BFCC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DCDBC9Deuteranopia · #DFE3C8Tritanopia · #EFC6C6

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #F2BFCC rather than the exact color:

Gentle Ruby Monsoon
#F3BFCE · #EB8EA9 · #D75177 · #A01D42
Palette 9376e0
#9376E0 · #E893CF · #F3BCC8 · #F6FFA6
Palette F9f5f6
#F9F5F6 · #F8E8EE · #FDCEDF · #F2BED1
Palette Ffd5cd
#FFD5CD · #EFBBCF · #C3AED6 · #8675A9
Velvet Drift
#0E8D64 · #70F0D0 · #EB3E76 · #F3BAD2
Cosmic Garden
#12C688 · #38ECD8 · #E0155B · #F4B8CF

Similar colors

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

#F3BFCE#F3BCC8#F2BED1#EFBBCF#F3BAD2#F4B8CF#EBBCD0#EDB8CF#F3C5C5#F1C6D3#EFB6C8#EDC4D4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F2BFCB  ·  #F2BFCD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F2BFCC?

#F2BFCC is Pale Red, a red color (RGB 242, 191, 204). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F2BFCC?

#F2BFCC is RGB 242, 191, 204 — HSL 345°, 66%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 21%, 16%, 5%.

What colors go with #F2BFCC?

Its complement is #C0F2E5; analogous partners are #F2C0E5 and #F2CCC0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F2BFCC for text?

Black text on #F2BFCC has a contrast ratio of 13.10:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.60:1.