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#FBC8CA — Pale Vivid Red

#FBC8CA 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 #FBC8CA 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.

#FBC8CA 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 #C6FBF9; it also sits naturally between #FBC6E2 and #FBDFC6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBC8CA · RGB 251, 200, 202

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Color values

HEX#FBC8CA
RGB251, 200, 202
HSL358°, 86%, 88%
HSV358°, 20%, 98%
CMYK0%, 20%, 20%, 2%
XYZ71.10, 66.08, 64.88
Yxy66.08, 0.3519, 0.3270
CIE-Lab85.04, 18.37, 5.90
Hunter Lab81.29, 18.49, 5.35

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 78% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 20% · Yellow 20% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBC8CA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBC8CA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBC8CA

.text { color: #FBC8CA; }
.background { background-color: #FBC8CA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBC8CA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 200, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(358, 86%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBC8CA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 200, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBC8CA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 200, 202, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBC8CA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBC8CA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBC8CA

#F8A0A3#F5757A#F25055#EF252C#DA1017#B40E13#8A0A0F#64070B#390406#130102

Tints of #FBC8CA

#FBCBCC#FBD0D1#FBD0D1#FCD4D6#FCD9DA#FDDEDF#FDE3E3#FDE3E3#FDE7E8#FEECED

Tones of #FBC8CA

#F7CACB#F3CECF#EFD1D2#ECD5D6#E8D9D9#E4DDDD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C6FBF9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.48:1 Fails
Against black text14.22:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBC8CA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBC8CA

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 #FBC8CA: ·

How #FBC8CA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E5E4CADeuteranopia · #E8ECC9Tritanopia · #F8C9C9

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 #FBC8CA rather than the exact color:

Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette Ffc8c8
#FFC8C8 · #FF9999 · #444F5A · #3E4149
Palette 251b37
#251B37 · #372948 · #FFCACA · #FFECEF
Palette 57375d
#57375D · #FF3FA4 · #FF9B82 · #FFC8C8
Palette Dc143c
#DC143C · #F75270 · #F7CAC9 · #FDEBD0
Palette Faf3f0
#FAF3F0 · #D4E2D4 · #FFCACC · #DBC4F0

Similar colors

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

#FCCBCB#FFC8C8#FFCACA#F7CAC9#FFCACC#FFC7C7#FFCBCB#FFC6C7#FFCCCC#FFC6C6#FFCDC9#F5CBCB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBC8C9  ·  #FBC8CB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBC8CA?

#FBC8CA is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 251, 200, 202). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBC8CA?

#FBC8CA is RGB 251, 200, 202 — HSL 358°, 86%, 88% — CMYK 0%, 20%, 20%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBC8CA?

Its complement is #C6FBF9; analogous partners are #FBC6E2 and #FBDFC6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBC8CA for text?

Black text on #FBC8CA has a contrast ratio of 14.22:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.48:1.