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#FDBEC4 — Pale Vivid Red

#FDBEC4 is a red color we call Pale Vivid Red, closest to the named color Pink (#FFC0CB). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: pink (#FFC0CB) — not an exact match. CSS pink gives you #FFC0CB, a different color; use #FDBEC4 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.

#FDBEC4 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 #BFFDF7; it also sits naturally between #FDBFE4 and #FDD8BF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FDBEC4 · RGB 253, 190, 196

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Color values

HEX#FDBEC4
RGB253, 190, 196
HSL354°, 94%, 87%
HSV354°, 25%, 99%
CMYK0%, 25%, 23%, 1%
XYZ68.89, 61.70, 60.50
Yxy61.70, 0.3605, 0.3229
CIE-Lab82.75, 23.47, 5.84
Hunter Lab78.55, 23.65, 5.23

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 75% · Blue 77%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 25% · Yellow 23% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FDBEC4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FDBEC4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FDBEC4

.text { color: #FDBEC4; }
.background { background-color: #FDBEC4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDBEC4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 190, 196); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(354, 94%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDBEC4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 190, 196, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDBEC4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 190, 196, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FDBEC4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FDBEC4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FDBEC4

#FC97A1#FA6B79#F94355#F81B31#E4071D#B70617#8F0412#68030D#3B0208#140103

Tints of #FDBEC4

#FDC4C9#FDC9CE#FDCED2#FED2D7#FED7DB#FED7DB#FEDCE0#FEE1E4#FEE6E9#FEEBED

Tones of #FDBEC4

#F9C3C8#F4C8CC#F0CCD0#EBD1D3#E7D5D7#E2DADA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BFFDF7:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.57:1 Fails
Against black text13.34:1 AAA

Best text color on #FDBEC4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FDBEC4

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 #FDBEC4: ·

How #FDBEC4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E2E1C3Deuteranopia · #E5EAC2Tritanopia · #FAC1C1

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 #FDBEC4 rather than the exact color:

Palette 0e3150
#0E3150 · #6DC9C8 · #FFC0C2 · #F7E9E3
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF
Palette Ccf6c8
#CCF6C8 · #FAFCC2 · #F6D6AD · #F9C0C0
Palette Fe81d4
#FE81D4 · #FAACBF · #FBC3C1 · #FFEABB
Palette Fcf5ee
#FCF5EE · #FFC4C4 · #EE6983 · #850E35
Palette Fff5e4
#FFF5E4 · #FFC4C4 · #EE6983 · #850E35

Similar colors

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

#FFC0C2#FFBFBF#F9C0C0#FBC3C1#FFC4C4#FFBDBD#FFC5C5#FCB7C7#FFBCBC#FFC6C6#FEBBCC#FFB6C1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FDBEC3  ·  #FDBEC5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDBEC4?

#FDBEC4 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 253, 190, 196). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDBEC4?

#FDBEC4 is RGB 253, 190, 196 — HSL 354°, 94%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 25%, 23%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDBEC4?

Its complement is #BFFDF7; analogous partners are #FDBFE4 and #FDD8BF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDBEC4 for text?

Black text on #FDBEC4 has a contrast ratio of 13.34:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.57:1.