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#FBE0DD — Pale Vivid Red

#FBE0DD is a red color we call Pale Vivid Red, closest to the named color MistyRose (#FFE4E1). It belongs to the red family.

#FBE0DD 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 #DFF8FB; it also sits naturally between #FBDFEA and #FBF0DF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBE0DD · RGB 251, 224, 221

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Color values

HEX#FBE0DD
RGB251, 224, 221
HSL6°, 79%, 93%
HSV6°, 12%, 98%
CMYK0%, 11%, 12%, 2%
XYZ79.49, 79.04, 79.47
Yxy79.04, 0.3340, 0.3321
CIE-Lab91.25, 8.78, 4.84
Hunter Lab88.91, 8.90, 4.56

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 88% · Blue 87%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 11% · Yellow 12% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBE0DD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBE0DD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBE0DD

.text { color: #FBE0DD; }
.background { background-color: #FBE0DD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBE0DD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 224, 221); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 79%, 93%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBE0DD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 224, 221, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBE0DD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 224, 221, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBE0DD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBE0DD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBE0DD

#F6BCB6#F2978D#ED7264#E84C3B#E02E1A#B72615#8D1D11#64150C#3B0C07#120402

Tints of #FBE0DD

#FBE2DF#FCE6E4#FCE6E4#FCE6E4#FCEAE8#FCEAE8#FCEAE8#FCEAE8#FDEEED#FDEEED

Tones of #FBE0DD

#F9E3E1#F7E5E3#F5E7E5#F3E8E7#F1EAE9#EFECEB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DFF8FB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.25:1 Fails
Against black text16.81:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBE0DD: #000000.

How #FBE0DD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #EFEFDEDeuteranopia · #F1F3DETritanopia · #FADEDE

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 #FBE0DD rather than the exact color:

Palette Fcf8f8
#FCF8F8 · #FBEFEF · #F9DFDF · #F5AFAF
Palette Fce2db
#FCE2DB · #F1C6D3 · #E4A3D4 · #C295D8
Palette Fb929e
#FB929E · #FFDFDF · #FFF6F6 · #AEDEFC
Palette F875aa
#F875AA · #FFDFDF · #FFF6F6 · #AEDEFC
Palette Ffdede
#FFDEDE · #FDF5CA · #FFDFAF · #F2BB7B
Crimson Ruby
#FFCED8 · #FFDDDD · #FFF4DE · #FFE8C4

Similar colors

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

#F9DFDF#FCE2DB#FFDFDF#FFDEDE#FFDDDD#FAE3D9#F7DDDE#FFDCDC#FDE2E2#FFE1E1#FFE3E1#FFE2E2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBE0DC  ·  #FBE0DE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBE0DD?

#FBE0DD is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 251, 224, 221). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBE0DD?

#FBE0DD is RGB 251, 224, 221 — HSL 6°, 79%, 93% — CMYK 0%, 11%, 12%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBE0DD?

Its complement is #DFF8FB; analogous partners are #FBDFEA and #FBF0DF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBE0DD for text?

Black text on #FBE0DD has a contrast ratio of 16.81:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.25:1.