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#FFBFC3 — Pale Vivid Red

#FFBFC3 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 #FFBFC3 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.

#FFBFC3 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 #BDFFFB; it also sits naturally between #FFBDE2 and #FFD9BD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FFBFC3 · RGB 255, 191, 195

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Color values

HEX#FFBFC3
RGB255, 191, 195
HSL356°, 100%, 87%
HSV356°, 25%, 100%
CMYK0%, 25%, 24%, 0%
XYZ69.72, 62.46, 60.01
Yxy62.46, 0.3628, 0.3250
CIE-Lab83.16, 23.53, 6.98
Hunter Lab79.03, 23.75, 6.23

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 75% · Blue 76%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 25% · Yellow 24% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FFBFC3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FFBFC3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FFBFC3

.text { color: #FFBFC3; }
.background { background-color: #FFBFC3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FFBFC3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 191, 195); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(356, 100%, 87%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FFBFC3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 191, 195, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FFBFC3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 191, 195, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FFBFC3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FFBFC3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FFBFC3

#FF949B#FF6670#FF3D4A#FF1424#EB0010#BD000D#94000A#6B0007#3D0004#140001

Tints of #FFBFC3

#FFC2C6#FFC7CB#FFCCCF#FFD1D4#FFD6D9#FFD6D9#FFDBDE#FFE0E2#FFE5E7#FFEBEC

Tones of #FFBFC3

#FAC1C5#F5C6C9#F1CBCD#ECD0D1#E7D4D6#E2D9DA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BDFFFB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.56:1 Fails
Against black text13.49:1 AAA

Best text color on #FFBFC3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FFBFC3

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 #FFBFC3: ·

How #FFBFC3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #E3E3C2Deuteranopia · #E7ECC2Tritanopia · #FCC1C1

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 #FFBFC3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 0e3150
#0E3150 · #6DC9C8 · #FFC0C2 · #F7E9E3
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF
Palette Fcf5ee
#FCF5EE · #FFC4C4 · #EE6983 · #850E35
Palette Fff5e4
#FFF5E4 · #FFC4C4 · #EE6983 · #850E35
Palette Fe81d4
#FE81D4 · #FAACBF · #FBC3C1 · #FFEABB
Palette Fcf9ea
#FCF9EA · #BADFDB · #FFA4A4 · #FFBDBD

Similar colors

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

#FFC0C2#FFBFBF#FFC4C4#FBC3C1#FFBDBD#FFC5C5#F9C0C0#FFBCBC#FFC6C6#FFC6C7#FFC7C7#FFB6C1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FFBFC2  ·  #FFBFC4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FFBFC3?

#FFBFC3 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 255, 191, 195). Its closest standard named color is Pink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FFBFC3?

#FFBFC3 is RGB 255, 191, 195 — HSL 356°, 100%, 87% — CMYK 0%, 25%, 24%, 0%.

What colors go with #FFBFC3?

Its complement is #BDFFFB; analogous partners are #FFBDE2 and #FFD9BD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FFBFC3 for text?

Black text on #FFBFC3 has a contrast ratio of 13.49:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.56:1.