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#FBE4E6 — Pale Red

#FBE4E6 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 #FBE4E6 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.

#FBE4E6 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 #E4FBF9; it also sits naturally between #FBE4F2 and #FBEEE4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBE4E6 · RGB 251, 228, 230

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Color values

HEX#FBE4E6
RGB251, 228, 230
HSL355°, 74%, 94%
HSV355°, 9%, 98%
CMYK0%, 9%, 8%, 2%
XYZ81.81, 81.71, 86.32
Yxy81.71, 0.3274, 0.3270
CIE-Lab92.45, 8.18, 1.87
Hunter Lab90.39, 8.32, 1.80

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 89% · Blue 90%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 9% · Yellow 8% · Key 2%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FBE4E6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FBE4E6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FBE4E6

.text { color: #FBE4E6; }
.background { background-color: #FBE4E6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBE4E6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 228, 230); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(355, 74%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBE4E6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 228, 230, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBE4E6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 228, 230, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FBE4E6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FBE4E6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FBE4E6

#F5BCC1#EF959C#E96D77#E34552#D92030#B11B27#8A151E#620F16#3A090D#120304

Tints of #FBE4E6

#FBE4E6#FBE4E6#FCE9EA#FCE9EA#FCE9EA#FCE9EA#FCE9EA#FCEDEF#FCEDEF#FCEDEF

Tones of #FBE4E6

#F9E6E8#F8E8E9#F6E9EA#F5EBEC#F3ECED#F1EEEE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E4FBF9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.34:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBE4E6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FBE4E6

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 #FBE4E6: ·

How #FBE4E6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F1F1E6Deuteranopia · #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 #FBE4E6 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fabea7
#FABEA7 · #FBE2E5 · #9CADA4 · #767C77
Palette Fcf5ee
#FCF5EE · #FBE8E7 · #F7DDDE · #FFC4D0
Palette 756ab6
#756AB6 · #AC87C5 · #E0AED0 · #FFE5E5
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF
Palette 5d12d2
#5D12D2 · #B931FC · #FF6AC2 · #FFE5E5
Palette Ffe6e6
#FFE6E6 · #F2D1D1 · #DAEAF1 · #C6DCE4

Similar colors

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

#FBE2E5#FBE8E7#FFE5E5#FFE6E6#FFE4E4#FDE2E2#FFE3E3#FFE7E7#F6E6E4#F6E7E6#FFE2E2#FFE8E8

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBE4E5  ·  #FBE4E7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBE4E6?

#FBE4E6 is Pale Red, a red color (RGB 251, 228, 230). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBE4E6?

#FBE4E6 is RGB 251, 228, 230 — HSL 355°, 74%, 94% — CMYK 0%, 9%, 8%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBE4E6?

Its complement is #E4FBF9; analogous partners are #FBE4F2 and #FBEEE4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBE4E6 for text?

Black text on #FBE4E6 has a contrast ratio of 17.34:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.