Maroon Colors  ·  Color Library

Palettes / Colors / #FBEEEE

#FBEEEE — Pale Red

#FBEEEE is a red color we call Pale Red, closest to the named color SeaShell (#FFF5EE). It belongs to the red family.

#FBEEEE 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 #EEFBFB; it also sits naturally between #FBEEF5 and #FBF5EE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FBEEEE · RGB 251, 238, 238

Download PNG swatch SVG

Color values

HEX#FBEEEE
RGB251, 238, 238
HSL0°, 62%, 96%
HSV0°, 5%, 98%
CMYK0%, 5%, 5%, 2%
XYZ85.79, 87.83, 93.32
Yxy87.83, 0.3214, 0.3290
CIE-Lab95.09, 4.38, 1.56
Hunter Lab93.72, 4.47, 1.52

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 98% · Green 93% · Blue 93%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 5% · Yellow 5% · Key 2%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FBEEEE

.text { color: #FBEEEE; }
.background { background-color: #FBEEEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FBEEEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(251, 238, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 62%, 96%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FBEEEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(251, 238, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FBEEEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(251, 238, 238, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FBEEEE

#F2C9C9#EAA4A4#E07B7B#D75656#CF3030#A92828#841F1F#5B1515#360D0D#110404

Tints of #FBEEEE

#FBEEEE#FBEEEE#FBEEEE#FBEEEE#FBEEEE#FBEEEE#FBEEEE#FBEEEE#FBEEEE#FBEEEE

Tones of #FBEEEE

#FAEFEF#F9F0F0#F8F1F1#F8F2F2#F7F3F3#F6F4F4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EEFBFB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.13:1 Fails
Against black text18.57:1 AAA

Best text color on #FBEEEE: #000000.

How #FBEEEE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F5F5EEDeuteranopia · #F6F7EETritanopia · #FAEEEE

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 #FBEEEE rather than the exact color:

Palette Fbefef
#FBEFEF · #FFE2E2 · #F5CBCB · #C5B3D3
Palette Fcf8f8
#FCF8F8 · #FBEFEF · #F9DFDF · #F5AFAF
Palette F875aa
#F875AA · #FDEDED · #EDFFF0 · #AEDEFC
Palette Fdefef
#FDEFEF · #F4DFD0 · #DAD0C2 · #CDBBA7
Palette Fbf0f0
#FBF0F0 · #DFD3D3 · #B8B0B0 · #7C7575
Palette Caf7e3
#CAF7E3 · #F8EDED · #F6DFEB · #E4BAD4

Similar colors

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

#FBEFEF#FDEDED#FDEFEF#FBF0F0#F8EDED#F9ECEC#FDF0F0#FDEBED#FFEEEE#FFEFEF#FFECEF#F7F0F0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FBEEED  ·  #FBEEEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FBEEEE?

#FBEEEE is Pale Red, a red color (RGB 251, 238, 238). Its closest standard named color is SeaShell.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FBEEEE?

#FBEEEE is RGB 251, 238, 238 — HSL 0°, 62%, 96% — CMYK 0%, 5%, 5%, 2%.

What colors go with #FBEEEE?

Its complement is #EEFBFB; analogous partners are #FBEEF5 and #FBF5EE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FBEEEE for text?

Black text on #FBEEEE has a contrast ratio of 18.57:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.13:1.