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#FEBAAE — Pale Vivid Red

#FEBAAE 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 #FEBAAE 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.

#FEBAAE 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 #AEF2FE; it also sits naturally between #FEAECA and #FEE2AE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEBAAE · RGB 254, 186, 174

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Color values

HEX#FEBAAE
RGB254, 186, 174
HSL9°, 98%, 84%
HSV9°, 31%, 100%
CMYK0%, 27%, 31%, 0%
XYZ66.07, 59.24, 48.00
Yxy59.24, 0.3812, 0.3418
CIE-Lab81.43, 22.99, 15.76
Hunter Lab76.97, 23.00, 13.21

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 73% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 27% · Yellow 31% · Key 0%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FEBAAE

.text { color: #FEBAAE; }
.background { background-color: #FEBAAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEBAAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 186, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(9, 98%, 84%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEBAAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 186, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEBAAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 186, 174, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FEBAAE

#FE9886#FD755D#FD5335#FD310D#DE2302#B61D02#8D1601#651001#3D0A01#140300

Tints of #FEBAAE

#FEBFB3#FEC3B8#FECBC2#FED0C7#FED4CD#FFD8D2#FFDDD7#FFE5E1#FFEAE6#FFEEEB

Tones of #FEBAAE

#F8BEB4#F3C2BA#EDC6BF#E7CAC5#E2CECB#DCD2D0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEF2FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.63:1 Fails
Against black text12.85:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEBAAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEBAAE

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 #FEBAAE: ·

How #FEBAAE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E1E0B1Deuteranopia · #E5EAB2Tritanopia · #FBB3B4

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 #FEBAAE rather than the exact color:

Palette Fde5ec
#FDE5EC · #FCBAAD · #E48586 · #916DB3
Palette Ffb4ac
#FFB4AC · #679186 · #264E70 · #FFEBD3
Palette Ffacac
#FFACAC · #FFBFA9 · #FFEBB4 · #FBFFB1
Palette 010059
#010059 · #107595 · #FDBFB3 · #FCF594
Palette F9c0ab
#F9C0AB · #F4E0AF · #A8CD89 · #355F2E
Palette 5eabd6
#5EABD6 · #FEFBC7 · #FFB4B4 · #E14434

Similar colors

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

#FCBAAD#FFB4AC#FFBFA9#FDBFB3#F9C0AB#FFB4B4#FFB3B3#FFB6A6#FFB2B2#FFB6B6#FABEA7#FAB2AC

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEBAAD  ·  #FEBAAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEBAAE?

#FEBAAE is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 254, 186, 174). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEBAAE?

#FEBAAE is RGB 254, 186, 174 — HSL 9°, 98%, 84% — CMYK 0%, 27%, 31%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEBAAE?

Its complement is #AEF2FE; analogous partners are #FEAECA and #FEE2AE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEBAAE for text?

Black text on #FEBAAE has a contrast ratio of 12.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.63:1.