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#FBCCCA — Pale Vivid Red

#FBCCCA 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 #FBCCCA 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.

#FBCCCA 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 #CBF9FB; it also sits naturally between #FBCBE1 and #FBE5CB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBCCCA · RGB 251, 204, 202

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Color values

HEX#FBCCCA
RGB251, 204, 202
HSL2°, 86%, 89%
HSV2°, 20%, 98%
CMYK0%, 19%, 20%, 2%
XYZ72.04, 67.96, 65.20
Yxy67.96, 0.3511, 0.3312
CIE-Lab85.99, 16.28, 7.27
Hunter Lab82.44, 16.37, 6.57

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 80% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 20% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FBCCCA

.text { color: #FBCCCA; }
.background { background-color: #FBCCCA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBCCCA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 204, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(2, 86%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBCCCA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 204, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBCCCA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 204, 202, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FBCCCA

#F8A8A5#F57E7A#F25A54#EF302A#DF1811#B4130E#8E0F0B#640B07#3E0705#130201

Tints of #FBCCCA

#FBD1D0#FBD1D0#FCD6D4#FCDAD9#FDDFDE#FDDFDE#FDE3E3#FDE8E7#FDE8E7#FEEDEC

Tones of #FBCCCA

#F8D0CE#F4D3D2#F1D6D5#EDD9D9#EADCDC#E6E0E0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CBF9FB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.44:1 Fails
Against black text14.59:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBCCCA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBCCCA

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 #FBCCCA: ·

How #FBCCCA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E6CADeuteranopia · #E9EDCBTritanopia · #F9CBCB

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 #FBCCCA rather than the exact color:

Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette Feeac9
#FEEAC9 · #FFCDC9 · #FDACAC · #FD7979
Palette D9d7f1
#D9D7F1 · #FFFDDE · #E7FBBE · #FFCBCB
Palette 102c57
#102C57 · #1679AB · #FFB1B1 · #FFCBCB
Palette 121481
#121481 · #FFEAE3 · #FFCBCB · #FFB1B1
Palette Ffeecc
#FFEECC · #FFDDCC · #FFCCCC · #FEBBCC

Similar colors

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

#FCCBCB#FFCDC9#FFCBCB#FFCCCC#FFCACA#F7CAC9#FFCACC#F9D0CD#FFC8C8#F5CBCB#FFC7C7#FFCFCF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBCCC9  ·  #FBCCCB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBCCCA?

#FBCCCA is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 251, 204, 202). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBCCCA?

#FBCCCA is RGB 251, 204, 202 — HSL 2°, 86%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 19%, 20%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBCCCA?

Its complement is #CBF9FB; analogous partners are #FBCBE1 and #FBE5CB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBCCCA for text?

Black text on #FBCCCA has a contrast ratio of 14.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.44:1.