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#FBE4E5 — Pale Red

#FBE4E5 is a red color we call Pale Red, closest to the named color MistyRose (#FFE4E1). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: mistyrose (#FFE4E1) — not an exact match. CSS mistyrose gives you #FFE4E1, a different color; use #FBE4E5 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.

#FBE4E5 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 #E4FBFA; it also sits naturally between #FBE4F1 and #FBEFE4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBE4E5 · RGB 251, 228, 229

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Color values

HEX#FBE4E5
RGB251, 228, 229
HSL357°, 74%, 94%
HSV357°, 9%, 98%
CMYK0%, 9%, 9%, 2%
XYZ81.67, 81.65, 85.58
Yxy81.65, 0.3281, 0.3280
CIE-Lab92.42, 8.01, 2.36
Hunter Lab90.36, 8.15, 2.26

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 89% · Blue 90%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 9% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBE4E5 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBE4E5 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBE4E5

.text { color: #FBE4E5; }
.background { background-color: #FBE4E5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBE4E5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 228, 229); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(357, 74%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBE4E5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 228, 229, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBE4E5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 228, 229, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBE4E5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBE4E5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBE4E5

#F5BCBF#EF9599#E96D73#E3454D#D9202A#B11B22#8A151A#620F13#3A090B#120303

Tints of #FBE4E5

#FBE4E6#FBE4E6#FCE9EA#FCE9EA#FCE9EA#FCE9EA#FCE9EA#FCEDEE#FCEDEE#FCEDEE

Tones of #FBE4E5

#F9E6E7#F8E8E8#F6E9EA#F5EBEB#F3ECED#F1EEEE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E4FBFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.33:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBE4E5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBE4E5

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 #FBE4E5: ·

How #FBE4E5 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F1F1E5Deuteranopia · #F2F4E5Tritanopia · #FAE5E5

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 #FBE4E5 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fabea7
#FABEA7 · #FBE2E5 · #9CADA4 · #767C77
Palette Ffb6b6
#FFB6B6 · #FDE2E2 · #AACFCF · #679B9B
Palette 756ab6
#756AB6 · #AC87C5 · #E0AED0 · #FFE5E5
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF
Palette 848ccf
#848CCF · #93B5E1 · #FFE4E4 · #BE5683
Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5

Similar colors

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

#FBE2E5#FDE2E2#FFE5E5#FFE4E4#FBE8E7#FFE3E3#FFE6E6#FFE2E2#FFE7E7#F6E6E4#FFE3E1#F6E7E6

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBE4E4  ·  #FBE4E6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBE4E5?

#FBE4E5 is Pale Red, a red color (RGB 251, 228, 229). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBE4E5?

#FBE4E5 is RGB 251, 228, 229 — HSL 357°, 74%, 94% — CMYK 0%, 9%, 9%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBE4E5?

Its complement is #E4FBFA; analogous partners are #FBE4F1 and #FBEFE4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBE4E5 for text?

Black text on #FBE4E5 has a contrast ratio of 17.33:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.