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#FB899F — Light Vivid Red

#FB899F is a red color we call Light Vivid Red, closest to the named color HotPink (#FF69B4). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: hotpink (#FF69B4) — not an exact match. CSS hotpink gives you #FF69B4, a different color; use #FB899F 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.

#FB899F is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #89FBE4; it also sits naturally between #FB89D9 and #FBAB89. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FB899F · RGB 251, 137, 159

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Color values

HEX#FB899F
RGB251, 137, 159
HSL348°, 93%, 76%
HSV348°, 45%, 98%
CMYK0%, 45%, 37%, 2%
XYZ54.99, 40.90, 37.80
Yxy40.90, 0.4113, 0.3060
CIE-Lab70.11, 45.47, 7.90
Hunter Lab63.96, 45.68, 6.49

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 54% · Blue 62%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 45% · Yellow 37% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FB899F on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FB899F on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FB899F

.text { color: #FB899F; }
.background { background-color: #FB899F; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FB899F; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 137, 159); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(348, 93%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FB899F; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 137, 159, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FB899F; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 137, 159, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FB899F">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FB899F">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FB899F

#F96684#F84468#F71D48#E70835#C5072D#A20625#80051D#590314#36020C#140105

Tints of #FB899F

#FB93A8#FB9DB0#FCA6B7#FCB0BF#FDBAC7#FDC4CF#FDCED7#FED8DF#FEE1E7#FEEBEF

Tones of #FB899F

#F391A4#EA99AA#E2A1AE#DAA9B3#D2B1B8#CABABD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #89FBE4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.29:1 Fails
Against black text9.18:1 AAA

Best text color on #FB899F: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FB899F

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 #FB899F: ·

How #FB899F looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #CAC99ADeuteranopia · #D0D998Tritanopia · #F59595

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:

Tailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind rose 500 · #F43F5E

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FB899F rather than the exact color:

Palette B4d6cd
#B4D6CD · #FFDA76 · #FF8C9E · #FF4E88
Palette 3d0c11
#3D0C11 · #D80032 · #F78CA2 · #F9DEC9
Candy Pop
#FF0A54 · #FF477E · #FF85A1 · #FFB3C6
Palette Ff597b
#FF597B · #FF8E9E · #F9B5D0 · #EEEEEE
Palette Fff3c7
#FFF3C7 · #FEC7B4 · #FC819E · #F7418F
Palette B5eaea
#B5EAEA · #EDF6E5 · #FFBCBC · #F38BA0

Similar colors

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

#FF8C9E#F78CA2#FF85A1#FF8E9E#FC819E#F38BA0#FB929E#FF8BA7#FF8C94#F582A7#FF95A5#F39399

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FB899E  ·  #FB89A0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FB899F?

#FB899F is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 251, 137, 159). Its closest standard named color is HotPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FB899F?

#FB899F is RGB 251, 137, 159 — HSL 348°, 93%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 45%, 37%, 2%.

What colors go with #FB899F?

Its complement is #89FBE4; analogous partners are #FB89D9 and #FBAB89. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FB899F for text?

Black text on #FB899F has a contrast ratio of 9.18:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.29:1.