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#FBBEC4 — Pale Vivid Red

#FBBEC4 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 #FBBEC4 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.

#FBBEC4 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 #BCFBF4; it also sits naturally between #FBBCE2 and #FBD5BC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBBEC4 · RGB 251, 190, 196

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Color values

HEX#FBBEC4
RGB251, 190, 196
HSL354°, 88%, 86%
HSV354°, 24%, 98%
CMYK0%, 24%, 22%, 2%
XYZ68.16, 61.32, 60.47
Yxy61.32, 0.3588, 0.3228
CIE-Lab82.55, 22.75, 5.52
Hunter Lab78.31, 22.87, 4.95

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 75% · Blue 77%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 24% · Yellow 22% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBBEC4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBBEC4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBBEC4

.text { color: #FBBEC4; }
.background { background-color: #FBBEC4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBBEC4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 190, 196); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(354, 88%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBBEC4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 190, 196, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBBEC4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 190, 196, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBBEC4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBBEC4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBBEC4

#F8969F#F66F7D#F34456#F11E33#D80E22#B10B1C#8B0916#60060F#3A0409#130103

Tints of #FBBEC4

#FBC1C7#FBC5CB#FCCACF#FCCFD4#FCD4D8#FDD9DC#FDDDE1#FDE2E5#FDE7E9#FEECEE

Tones of #FBBEC4

#F6C1C6#F2C5C9#EDC9CD#E9CED0#E4D2D4#E0D7D8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BCFBF4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.58:1 Fails
Against black text13.26:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBBEC4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBBEC4

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 #FBBEC4: ·

How #FBBEC4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E1E0C3Deuteranopia · #E4E9C2Tritanopia · #F8C1C1

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 #FBBEC4 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ccf6c8
#CCF6C8 · #FAFCC2 · #F6D6AD · #F9C0C0
Palette 0e3150
#0E3150 · #6DC9C8 · #FFC0C2 · #F7E9E3
Palette Fe81d4
#FE81D4 · #FAACBF · #FBC3C1 · #FFEABB
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF
Palette Fcf5ee
#FCF5EE · #FFC4C4 · #EE6983 · #850E35
Palette Fff5e4
#FFF5E4 · #FFC4C4 · #EE6983 · #850E35

Similar colors

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

#F9C0C0#FFC0C2#FBC3C1#FFBFBF#FFC4C4#F5C0C0#FCB7C7#FFBDBD#FFC5C5#F4BFBF#FEBBCC#FFBCBC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBBEC3  ·  #FBBEC5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBBEC4?

#FBBEC4 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 251, 190, 196). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBBEC4?

#FBBEC4 is RGB 251, 190, 196 — HSL 354°, 88%, 86% — CMYK 0%, 24%, 22%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBBEC4?

Its complement is #BCFBF4; analogous partners are #FBBCE2 and #FBD5BC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBBEC4 for text?

Black text on #FBBEC4 has a contrast ratio of 13.26:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.58:1.