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#FEBEC3 — Pale Vivid Red

#FEBEC3 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 #FEBEC3 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.

#FEBEC3 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 #BEFEF9; it also sits naturally between #FEBEE3 and #FED8BE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEBEC3 · RGB 254, 190, 195

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Color values

HEX#FEBEC3
RGB254, 190, 195
HSL355°, 97%, 87%
HSV355°, 25%, 100%
CMYK0%, 25%, 23%, 0%
XYZ69.14, 61.84, 59.92
Yxy61.84, 0.3622, 0.3239
CIE-Lab82.83, 23.69, 6.49
Hunter Lab78.64, 23.89, 5.80

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 75% · Blue 76%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEBEC3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEBEC3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEBEC3

.text { color: #FEBEC3; }
.background { background-color: #FEBEC3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEBEC3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 190, 195); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(355, 97%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEBEC3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 190, 195, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEBEC3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 190, 195, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEBEC3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEBEC3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEBEC3

#FD969E#FD6875#FC4050#FB182B#E70416#BA0312#92020E#69020A#3C0106#140002

Tints of #FEBEC3

#FEC3C8#FEC8CC#FECDD1#FED2D5#FED7DA#FED7DA#FEDCDF#FFE1E3#FFE6E8#FFEBED

Tones of #FEBEC3

#F9C2C7#F5C7CB#F0CCCF#ECD0D2#E7D5D6#E2D9DA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BEFEF9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.57:1 Fails
Against black text13.37:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEBEC3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEBEC3

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 #FEBEC3: ·

How #FEBEC3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E2E2C2Deuteranopia · #E6EBC2Tritanopia · #FBC1C1

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 #FEBEC3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 0e3150
#0E3150 · #6DC9C8 · #FFC0C2 · #F7E9E3
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF
Palette Fe81d4
#FE81D4 · #FAACBF · #FBC3C1 · #FFEABB
Palette Fcf5ee
#FCF5EE · #FFC4C4 · #EE6983 · #850E35
Palette Fcf9ea
#FCF9EA · #BADFDB · #FFA4A4 · #FFBDBD
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#FBC3C1#FFC4C4#FFBDBD#F9C0C0#FFBCBC#FFC5C5#FFB6C1#FCB7C7#FFC6C6#FFC6C7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEBEC2  ·  #FEBEC4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEBEC3?

#FEBEC3 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 254, 190, 195). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEBEC3?

#FEBEC3 is RGB 254, 190, 195 — HSL 355°, 97%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 25%, 23%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEBEC3?

Its complement is #BEFEF9; analogous partners are #FEBEE3 and #FED8BE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEBEC3 for text?

Black text on #FEBEC3 has a contrast ratio of 13.37:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.57:1.