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#FEB4CD — Pale Vivid Pink

#FEB4CD is a pink color we call Pale Vivid Pink, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #FEB4CD 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.

#FEB4CD is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #B4FEE5; it also sits naturally between #FEB4F1 and #FEC0B4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEB4CD · RGB 254, 180, 205

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Color values

HEX#FEB4CD
RGB254, 180, 205
HSL340°, 97%, 85%
HSV340°, 29%, 100%
CMYK0%, 29%, 19%, 0%
XYZ68.21, 58.12, 65.38
Yxy58.12, 0.3558, 0.3032
CIE-Lab80.81, 30.39, -1.82
Hunter Lab76.24, 30.85, -1.69

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 71% · Blue 80%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 29% · Yellow 19% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEB4CD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEB4CD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEB4CD

.text { color: #FEB4CD; }
.background { background-color: #FEB4CD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEB4CD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 180, 205); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(340, 97%, 85%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEB4CD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 180, 205, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEB4CD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 180, 205, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEB4CD">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEB4CD">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEB4CD

#FD8BB1#FD6396#FC3B7B#FB1360#E2034E#B5033E#8D0230#640223#3C0115#140007

Tints of #FEB4CD

#FEB9D0#FEBED3#FEC3D7#FEC8DA#FED2E1#FED7E4#FEDCE7#FFE1EB#FFE6EE#FFEBF2

Tones of #FEB4CD

#F8B9CE#F3BED0#EEC4D2#E9C9D3#E3CED5#DED3D7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B4FEE5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.66:1 Fails
Against black text12.62:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEB4CD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEB4CD

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 #FEB4CD: ·

How #FEB4CD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DEDDC7Deuteranopia · #E2E8C6Tritanopia · #FAC2C1

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 #FEB4CD rather than the exact color:

Palette Fdb5ce
#FDB5CE · #132440 · #16476A · #3B9797
Palette Ff597b
#FF597B · #FF8E9E · #F9B5D0 · #EEEEEE
Palette 9ed3dc
#9ED3DC · #FEFD99 · #FCB7C7 · #CA6180
Palette Ffeecc
#FFEECC · #FFDDCC · #FFCCCC · #FEBBCC
Candy Pop
#FF0A54 · #FF477E · #FF85A1 · #FFB3C6
Palette Ffbbcc
#FFBBCC · #FFCCCC · #FFDDCC · #FFEECC

Similar colors

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

#FDB5CE#F9B5D0#FCB7C7#FEBBCC#FFB3C6#FFBBCC#F7B5CA#F6B1CE#FBACCC#FCBAD3#FFBCD1#FFACC7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEB4CC  ·  #FEB4CE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEB4CD?

#FEB4CD is Pale Vivid Pink, a pink color (RGB 254, 180, 205). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEB4CD?

#FEB4CD is RGB 254, 180, 205 — HSL 340°, 97%, 85% — CMYK 0%, 29%, 19%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEB4CD?

Its complement is #B4FEE5; analogous partners are #FEB4F1 and #FEC0B4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEB4CD for text?

Black text on #FEB4CD has a contrast ratio of 12.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.66:1.