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#FBDFDF — Pale Vivid Red

#FBDFDF is a red color we call Pale Vivid Red, closest to the named color MistyRose (#FFE4E1). It belongs to the red family.

#FBDFDF 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 #DFFBFB; it also sits naturally between #FBDFED and #FBEDDF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBDFDF · RGB 251, 223, 223

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Color values

HEX#FBDFDF
RGB251, 223, 223
HSL0°, 78%, 93%
HSV0°, 11%, 98%
CMYK0%, 11%, 11%, 2%
XYZ79.49, 78.61, 80.80
Yxy78.61, 0.3327, 0.3291
CIE-Lab91.06, 9.62, 3.52
Hunter Lab88.66, 9.76, 3.33

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 87% · Blue 87%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 11% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FBDFDF

.text { color: #FBDFDF; }
.background { background-color: #FBDFDF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBDFDF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 223, 223); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 78%, 93%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBDFDF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 223, 223, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBDFDF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 223, 223, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FBDFDF

#F6B6B6#F18E8E#EC6565#E73C3C#DE1B1B#B61616#8D1111#640C0C#3B0707#120202

Tints of #FBDFDF

#FBDFDF#FCE4E4#FCE4E4#FCE4E4#FCE8E8#FCE8E8#FCE8E8#FCE8E8#FDEDED#FDEDED

Tones of #FBDFDF

#F9E1E1#F7E3E3#F5E5E5#F3E7E7#F1E9E9#EFEBEB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DFFBFB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.26:1 Fails
Against black text16.72:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBDFDF: #000000.

How #FBDFDF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EFEFDFDeuteranopia · #F1F3DFTritanopia · #FADFDF

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 fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FBDFDF rather than the exact color:

Palette Fcf8f8
#FCF8F8 · #FBEFEF · #F9DFDF · #F5AFAF
Palette Fb929e
#FB929E · #FFDFDF · #FFF6F6 · #AEDEFC
Palette F875aa
#F875AA · #FFDFDF · #FFF6F6 · #AEDEFC
Palette Ffdede
#FFDEDE · #FDF5CA · #FFDFAF · #F2BB7B
Palette Fcf5ee
#FCF5EE · #FBE8E7 · #F7DDDE · #FFC4D0
Palette Ffb6b6
#FFB6B6 · #FDE2E2 · #AACFCF · #679B9B

Similar colors

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

#F9DFDF#FFDFDF#FFDEDE#F7DDDE#FDE2E2#FFDDDD#FFE1E1#FCE2DB#FFDCDC#FFE2E2#FFE3E1#FBE2E5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBDFDE  ·  #FBDFE0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBDFDF?

#FBDFDF is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 251, 223, 223). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBDFDF?

#FBDFDF is RGB 251, 223, 223 — HSL 0°, 78%, 93% — CMYK 0%, 11%, 11%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBDFDF?

Its complement is #DFFBFB; analogous partners are #FBDFED and #FBEDDF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBDFDF for text?

Black text on #FBDFDF has a contrast ratio of 16.72:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.26:1.