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#FBCDCC — Pale Vivid Red

#FBCDCC 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 #FBCDCC 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.

#FBCDCC 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 #CBFAFB; it also sits naturally between #FBCBE2 and #FBE4CB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBCDCC · RGB 251, 205, 204

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Color values

HEX#FBCDCC
RGB251, 205, 204
HSL1°, 85%, 89%
HSV1°, 19%, 98%
CMYK0%, 18%, 19%, 2%
XYZ72.51, 68.53, 66.53
Yxy68.53, 0.3493, 0.3301
CIE-Lab86.27, 16.05, 6.61
Hunter Lab82.78, 16.16, 6.01

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 80% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 18% · Yellow 19% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FBCDCC

.text { color: #FBCDCC; }
.background { background-color: #FBCDCC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBCDCC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 205, 204); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(1, 85%, 89%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBCDCC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 205, 204, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBCDCC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 205, 204, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FBCDCC

#F8A7A5#F47D7B#F15855#EE2E2B#DE1512#B3110F#8E0E0B#630A08#3D0605#130202

Tints of #FBCDCC

#FBD1D0#FBD1D0#FCD5D5#FCDAD9#FCDEDE#FCDEDE#FDE3E3#FDE8E7#FDE8E7#FDECEC

Tones of #FBCDCC

#F7CFCE#F4D2D2#F1D6D5#EDD9D9#EADCDC#E6E0E0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CBFAFB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.43:1 Fails
Against black text14.71:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBCDCC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBCDCC

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 #FBCDCC: ·

How #FBCDCC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E7E7CCDeuteranopia · #EAEDCCTritanopia · #F9CCCC

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 #FBCDCC rather than the exact color:

Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Palette F13e93
#F13E93 · #F891BB · #F9D0CD · #FAFFCB
Palette Ffeecc
#FFEECC · #FFDDCC · #FFCCCC · #FEBBCC
Palette Ffbbcc
#FFBBCC · #FFCCCC · #FFDDCC · #FFEECC
Palette 05004e
#05004E · #FF0000 · #FB7777 · #FFCCCC
Palette D9d7f1
#D9D7F1 · #FFFDDE · #E7FBBE · #FFCBCB

Similar colors

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

#FCCBCB#F9D0CD#FFCCCC#FFCBCB#FFCDC9#FFCACC#FFCFCF#FFCACA#F7CAC9#F5CBCB#FFD0D0#FCD1D1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBCDCB  ·  #FBCDCD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBCDCC?

#FBCDCC is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 251, 205, 204). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBCDCC?

#FBCDCC is RGB 251, 205, 204 — HSL 1°, 85%, 89% — CMYK 0%, 18%, 19%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBCDCC?

Its complement is #CBFAFB; analogous partners are #FBCBE2 and #FBE4CB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBCDCC for text?

Black text on #FBCDCC has a contrast ratio of 14.71:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.43:1.