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#FBCDC5 — Pale Vivid Red

#FBCDC5 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 #FBCDC5 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.

#FBCDC5 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 #C6F3FB; it also sits naturally between #FBC6D8 and #FBE8C6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBCDC5 · RGB 251, 205, 197

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Color values

HEX#FBCDC5
RGB251, 205, 197
HSL9°, 87%, 88%
HSV9°, 22%, 98%
CMYK0%, 18%, 22%, 2%
XYZ71.69, 68.20, 62.21
Yxy68.20, 0.3547, 0.3375
CIE-Lab86.11, 15.02, 10.09
Hunter Lab82.59, 15.08, 8.99

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 80% · Blue 77%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 18% · Yellow 22% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBCDC5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBCDC5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBCDC5

.text { color: #FBCDC5; }
.background { background-color: #FBCDC5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBCDC5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 205, 197); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(9, 87%, 88%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBCDC5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 205, 197, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBCDC5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 205, 197, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBCDC5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBCDC5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBCDC5

#F8ADA0#F58875#F3674F#F04224#DB2E0F#B5260D#8A1D0A#641507#390C04#130401

Tints of #FBCDC5

#FBD2CB#FCD6CF#FCD6CF#FCDAD4#FCDED9#FDE2DE#FDE6E2#FDE6E2#FDEAE7#FEEFEC

Tones of #FBCDC5

#F7D0C9#F3D3CD#F0D6D1#ECD8D5#E8DBD9#E4DEDD

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C6F3FB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.43:1 Fails
Against black text14.64:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBCDC5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBCDC5

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 #FBCDC5: ·

How #FBCDC5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E7C7Deuteranopia · #EAEDC7Tritanopia · #F9C8C9

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 #FBCDC5 rather than the exact color:

Palette C599b6
#C599B6 · #E6B2BA · #FAD0C4 · #FFF7F3
Palette Feeac9
#FEEAC9 · #FFCDC9 · #FDACAC · #FD7979
Palette Dc143c
#DC143C · #F75270 · #F7CAC9 · #FDEBD0
Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette Ffc8c8
#FFC8C8 · #FF9999 · #444F5A · #3E4149
Palette 251b37
#251B37 · #372948 · #FFCACA · #FFECEF

Similar colors

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

#FAD0C4#FFCDC9#F7CAC9#FCCBCB#FFC8C8#FFCACA#FFC7C7#FFCBCB#F4CDC2#FFCCCC#FFC6C6#FFC6C7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBCDC4  ·  #FBCDC6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBCDC5?

#FBCDC5 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 251, 205, 197). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBCDC5?

#FBCDC5 is RGB 251, 205, 197 — HSL 9°, 87%, 88% — CMYK 0%, 18%, 22%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBCDC5?

Its complement is #C6F3FB; analogous partners are #FBC6D8 and #FBE8C6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBCDC5 for text?

Black text on #FBCDC5 has a contrast ratio of 14.64:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.43:1.