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#FD9BB2 — Light Vivid Red

#FD9BB2 is a red color we call Light 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 #FD9BB2 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.

#FD9BB2 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 #9BFDE6; it also sits naturally between #FD9BE3 and #FDB59B. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FD9BB2 · RGB 253, 155, 178

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Color values

HEX#FD9BB2
RGB253, 155, 178
HSL346°, 96%, 80%
HSV346°, 39%, 99%
CMYK0%, 39%, 30%, 1%
XYZ60.27, 47.54, 48.12
Yxy47.54, 0.3865, 0.3049
CIE-Lab74.53, 39.32, 3.75
Hunter Lab68.95, 39.66, 3.25

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 61% · Blue 70%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 39% · Yellow 30% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FD9BB2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FD9BB2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FD9BB2

.text { color: #FD9BB2; }
.background { background-color: #FD9BB2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FD9BB2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 155, 178); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(346, 96%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FD9BB2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 155, 178, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FD9BB2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 155, 178, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FD9BB2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FD9BB2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FD9BB2

#FC7393#FB5078#FB2859#FA053E#D20434#AA032A#870322#5F0218#3C010F#140005

Tints of #FD9BB2

#FDA5BA#FDAABD#FDB4C5#FEB9C9#FEC3D1#FECDD8#FED2DC#FEDCE4#FEE1E8#FFEBF0

Tones of #FD9BB2

#F6A2B6#EFA9B9#E8B0BD#E1B7C1#DABEC5#D3C5C8

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9BFDE6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.00:1 Fails
Against black text10.51:1 AAA

Best text color on #FD9BB2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FD9BB2

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 #FD9BB2: ·

How #FD9BB2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D3D2ACDeuteranopia · #D8E0ABTritanopia · #F8A8A7

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:

Tailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FD9BB2 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fee3ec
#FEE3EC · #F9C5D5 · #F999B7 · #F2789F
Palette Fba1b7
#FBA1B7 · #FFD1DA · #FFF0F5 · #FFDBAA
Palette B7fbff
#B7FBFF · #FFF6BE · #FFE0A3 · #FFA1AC
Palette 3aa6b9
#3AA6B9 · #FFD0D0 · #FF9EAA · #C1ECE4
Palette 3aa6b9
#3AA6B9 · #FFD0D0 · #FF9EAA · #F9F9E0
Palette Ffa3ac
#FFA3AC · #00043C · #005D6C · #00C9B1

Similar colors

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

#F999B7#FBA1B7#FFA1AC#FF9EAA#FFA3AC#FFA5B0#F39EB6#FEA5AD#F29AAE#FF8FB7#F09EAE#F891BB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FD9BB1  ·  #FD9BB3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FD9BB2?

#FD9BB2 is Light Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 253, 155, 178). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FD9BB2?

#FD9BB2 is RGB 253, 155, 178 — HSL 346°, 96%, 80% — CMYK 0%, 39%, 30%, 1%.

What colors go with #FD9BB2?

Its complement is #9BFDE6; analogous partners are #FD9BE3 and #FDB59B. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FD9BB2 for text?

Black text on #FD9BB2 has a contrast ratio of 10.51:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.00:1.