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#FBBDC6 — Pale Vivid Red

#FBBDC6 is a red color we call Pale Vivid 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 #FBBDC6 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.

#FBBDC6 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 #BCFBF2; it also sits naturally between #FBBCE5 and #FBD2BC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBBDC6 · RGB 251, 189, 198

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Color values

HEX#FBBDC6
RGB251, 189, 198
HSL351°, 89%, 86%
HSV351°, 25%, 98%
CMYK0%, 25%, 21%, 2%
XYZ68.17, 60.98, 61.60
Yxy60.98, 0.3574, 0.3197
CIE-Lab82.37, 23.57, 4.19
Hunter Lab78.09, 23.72, 3.78

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 74% · Blue 78%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 25% · Yellow 21% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBBDC6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBBDC6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBBDC6

.text { color: #FBBDC6; }
.background { background-color: #FBBDC6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBBDC6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 189, 198); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(351, 89%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBBDC6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 189, 198, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBBDC6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 189, 198, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBBDC6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBBDC6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBBDC6

#F995A4#F76E83#F4435E#F21C3C#D90D2B#B20A24#8C081C#600613#3A030C#130104

Tints of #FBBDC6

#FBC0C9#FCC5CD#FCCAD1#FCCFD6#FCD4DA#FDD8DE#FDDDE2#FDE2E6#FEE7EA#FEECEE

Tones of #FBBDC6

#F6C0C8#F2C4CB#EEC9CF#E9CED2#E4D2D5#E0D7D8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BCFBF2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.59:1 Fails
Against black text13.20:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBBDC6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBBDC6

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 #FBBDC6: ·

How #FBBDC6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E0E0C4Deuteranopia · #E4E8C3Tritanopia · #F8C2C2

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 pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FBBDC6 rather than the exact color:

Palette 9ed3dc
#9ED3DC · #FEFD99 · #FCB7C7 · #CA6180
Palette 0e3150
#0E3150 · #6DC9C8 · #FFC0C2 · #F7E9E3
Palette Ffeecc
#FFEECC · #FFDDCC · #FFCCCC · #FEBBCC
Palette Ccf6c8
#CCF6C8 · #FAFCC2 · #F6D6AD · #F9C0C0
Palette Ffbbcc
#FFBBCC · #FFCCCC · #FFDDCC · #FFEECC
Palette Fe81d4
#FE81D4 · #FAACBF · #FBC3C1 · #FFEABB

Similar colors

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

#FCB7C7#FFC0C2#FEBBCC#F9C0C0#FFBBCC#FBC3C1#FFC4C4#FFBFBF#F3BCC8#FFC5C5#F5C0C0#FFB6C1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBBDC5  ·  #FBBDC7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBBDC6?

#FBBDC6 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 251, 189, 198). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBBDC6?

#FBBDC6 is RGB 251, 189, 198 — HSL 351°, 89%, 86% — CMYK 0%, 25%, 21%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBBDC6?

Its complement is #BCFBF2; analogous partners are #FBBCE5 and #FBD2BC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBBDC6 for text?

Black text on #FBBDC6 has a contrast ratio of 13.20:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.59:1.