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#FCBEBF — Pale Vivid Red

#FCBEBF is a red color we call Pale Vivid Red, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #FCBEBF 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.

#FCBEBF 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 #C0FCFB; it also sits naturally between #FCC0DF and #FCDDC0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCBEBF · RGB 252, 190, 191

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Color values

HEX#FCBEBF
RGB252, 190, 191
HSL359°, 91%, 87%
HSV359°, 25%, 99%
CMYK0%, 25%, 24%, 1%
XYZ67.96, 61.28, 57.54
Yxy61.28, 0.3639, 0.3281
CIE-Lab82.53, 22.41, 8.19
Hunter Lab78.28, 22.50, 7.23

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 75% · Blue 75%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 25% · Yellow 24% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FCBEBF

.text { color: #FCBEBF; }
.background { background-color: #FCBEBF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCBEBF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 190, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(359, 91%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCBEBF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 190, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCBEBF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 190, 191, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FCBEBF

#FA999A#F86D6F#F64649#F41F23#E00B0E#B4080B#8D0709#660506#3A0304#130101

Tints of #FCBEBF

#FCC5C5#FCC9CA#FDCECF#FDD3D4#FDD8D9#FDD8D9#FDDDDD#FEE2E2#FEE7E7#FEECEC

Tones of #FCBEBF

#F8C4C5#F3C8C9#EFCDCD#EBD1D1#E6D5D6#E2DADA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #C0FCFB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.58:1 Fails
Against black text13.26:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCBEBF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCBEBF

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 #FCBEBF: ·

How #FCBEBF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E1E1BFDeuteranopia · #E5E9BFTritanopia · #F9BFBF

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 pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF
Palette Fcf9ea
#FCF9EA · #BADFDB · #FFA4A4 · #FFBDBD
Palette Ccf6c8
#CCF6C8 · #FAFCC2 · #F6D6AD · #F9C0C0
Palette B5eaea
#B5EAEA · #EDF6E5 · #FFBCBC · #F38BA0
Palette 0e3150
#0E3150 · #6DC9C8 · #FFC0C2 · #F7E9E3
Palette 363636
#363636 · #99D8D0 · #B7EFCD · #FFBCBC

Similar colors

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

#FFBFBF#FFBDBD#F9C0C0#FFBCBC#FFC0C2#FBC3C1#F5C0C0#F4BFBF#FFC4C4#FFB9B9#FFB6C1#F5BABB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCBEBE  ·  #FCBEC0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCBEBF?

#FCBEBF is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 190, 191). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCBEBF?

#FCBEBF is RGB 252, 190, 191 — HSL 359°, 91%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 25%, 24%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCBEBF?

Its complement is #C0FCFB; analogous partners are #FCC0DF and #FCDDC0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCBEBF for text?

Black text on #FCBEBF has a contrast ratio of 13.26:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.58:1.