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#FEB8CA — Pale Vivid Red

#FEB8CA 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 #FEB8CA 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.

#FEB8CA 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 #B9FEED; it also sits naturally between #FEB9ED and #FECAB9. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEB8CA · RGB 254, 184, 202

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Color values

HEX#FEB8CA
RGB254, 184, 202
HSL345°, 97%, 86%
HSV345°, 28%, 100%
CMYK0%, 28%, 20%, 0%
XYZ68.67, 59.62, 63.76
Yxy59.62, 0.3576, 0.3104
CIE-Lab81.63, 27.85, 1.00
Hunter Lab77.21, 28.21, 0.91

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 72% · Blue 79%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 28% · Yellow 20% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEB8CA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEB8CA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEB8CA

.text { color: #FEB8CA; }
.background { background-color: #FEB8CA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEB8CA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 184, 202); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(345, 97%, 86%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEB8CA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 184, 202, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEB8CA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 184, 202, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEB8CA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEB8CA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEB8CA

#FD90AC#FD688D#FC3B6B#FB134D#E2033B#BA0331#920226#64021A#3C0110#140005

Tints of #FEB8CA

#FEBECE#FEC3D2#FEC8D5#FECDD9#FED2DD#FED7E1#FEDCE4#FFE1E8#FFE6EC#FFEBF0

Tones of #FEB8CA

#F9BECC#F4C3CF#EFC8D1#EACCD4#E5D1D6#E0D6D9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B9FEED:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.62:1 Fails
Against black text12.92:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEB8CA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEB8CA

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 #FEB8CA: ·

How #FEB8CA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E0DFC6Deuteranopia · #E4E9C5Tritanopia · #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 pink 500 · #EC4899

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FEB8CA rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffeecc
#FFEECC · #FFDDCC · #FFCCCC · #FEBBCC
Palette 9ed3dc
#9ED3DC · #FEFD99 · #FCB7C7 · #CA6180
Palette Ffbbcc
#FFBBCC · #FFCCCC · #FFDDCC · #FFEECC
Palette Fdb5ce
#FDB5CE · #132440 · #16476A · #3B9797
Candy Pop
#FF0A54 · #FF477E · #FF85A1 · #FFB3C6
Palette F0a8d0
#F0A8D0 · #F7B5CA · #FFC6C6 · #FFEBD4

Similar colors

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

#FEBBCC#FCB7C7#FFBBCC#FDB5CE#FFB3C6#F7B5CA#FFBCD1#F9B5D0#FFB4C2#FFB6C1#FCBAD3#F4B8CF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEB8C9  ·  #FEB8CB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEB8CA?

#FEB8CA is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 254, 184, 202). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEB8CA?

#FEB8CA is RGB 254, 184, 202 — HSL 345°, 97%, 86% — CMYK 0%, 28%, 20%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEB8CA?

Its complement is #B9FEED; analogous partners are #FEB9ED and #FECAB9. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEB8CA for text?

Black text on #FEB8CA has a contrast ratio of 12.92:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.62:1.