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#fbbec0

a pale, electric red · warm · closest name: Pink

Token name suggestion: Whisper Rust

RGB
251, 190, 192
HSL
358°, 88%, 87%
CMYK
0, 24, 24, 2
Luminance
0.6114

#fbbec0 is a pale electric red, 358° on the wheel and 18/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.23:1). As text it scores 1.59:1 on white — use #E90E16 instead. Nearest name is Pink, nearest Tailwind family is rose.

hsl(358 88% 87%)rgb(251 190 192)Base step 200AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fbbec0 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fbbec0
Hue
358°
red
Saturation
88%
electric
Lightness
87%
pale
Brightness
98%
HSV value
Perceived
82%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6114
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
18/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
13.23:1
Closest name
Pink
ΔE2000 3.3
Chroma
23.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.857
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
rose
500 · ΔE 26.2
Web-safe
#FFCCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue358° of 360°
Saturation88%
Lightness87%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fbbec0.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool18% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red34%
Green60%
Blue6%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#fbbec0
HEX (8-digit)#fbbec0ff
RGBrgb(251, 190, 192)
RGBArgba(251, 190, 192, 1)
HSLhsl(358, 88%, 87%)
HSV / HSBhsv(358, 24%, 98%)
HWBhwb(358 75% 2%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24%, 24%, 2%)
LABlab(82.5 22.2 7.5)
LCHlch(82.5 23.4 18.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.857 0.070 16.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(67.71, 61.15, 58.09)
Decimal16498368
Display P3color(display-p3 0.984 0.745 0.753)
Web-safe#FFCCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fbbec0;
background-color: #fbbec0;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fbbec0;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fbbec0] bg-[#fbbec0]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fbbec0;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.984, green: 0.745, blue: 0.753)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.984, green: 0.745, blue: 0.753, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FBBEC0</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFBBEC0)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFBBEC0)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(192, 190, 251)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(251, 190, 192)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(251, 190, 192)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 251, 190, 192)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9843f, 0.7451f, 0.7529f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{251,190,192}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fbbec0 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fbbec0 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#78070B, #EED3D4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fbbec0 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FDF2F2;
  --brand-100: #FAE5E6;
  --brand-200: #fbbec0;
  --brand-300: #F89599;
  --brand-400: #F56065;
  --brand-500: #F22C32;
  --brand-600: #E70E15;
  --brand-700: #C00C12;
  --brand-800: #9A090E;
  --brand-900: #6F0B0F;
  --brand-950: #450709;
  --brand: #fbbec0;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF4F4;
  --brand-border: #EDC0C1;
  --brand-hover: #F99DA0;
  --brand-pressed: #F77B7F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241414;
    --brand-ink: #EED3D4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDF2F2',
        100: '#FAE5E6',
        200: '#fbbec0',
        300: '#F89599',
        400: '#F56065',
        500: '#F22C32',
        600: '#E70E15',
        700: '#C00C12',
        800: '#9A090E',
        900: '#6F0B0F',
        950: '#450709',
        DEFAULT: '#fbbec0',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDF2F2,
  '100': #FAE5E6,
  '200': #fbbec0,
  '300': #F89599,
  '400': #F56065,
  '500': #F22C32,
  '600': #E70E15,
  '700': #C00C12,
  '800': #9A090E,
  '900': #6F0B0F,
  '950': #450709,
);
$brand-base: #fbbec0;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDF2F2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAE5E6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#fbbec0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F89599", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F56065", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F22C32", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E70E15", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C00C12", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9A090E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6F0B0F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#450709", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #fbbec0 · 13.23:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.59:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.23:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #fbbec0 as text scores 1.59:1 on white and 13.23:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #78070B at 7.21:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#E90E16 · 4.63:1
AA on white−38% L
#E90E16
The quick fox
#B40B11 · 7.01:1
AAA on white−49% L
#B40B11
The quick fox
#fbbec0 · 13.23:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fbbec0
The quick fox
#fbbec0 · 13.23:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#fbbec0

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F56368 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#fbbec0 on white: 1.59:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fbbec0 on black: 13.23:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fbbec0 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fbbec0.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.59:1AaAa
Slate 501.52:1AaAa
Slate 1001.45:1AaAa
Slate 2001.29:1AaAa
Slate 3001.07:1AaAa
Slate 4001.62:1AaAa
Slate 5003.00:1AaAa
Slate 6004.77:1AaAa
Slate 7006.52:1AaAa
Slate 8009.21:1AaAa
Slate 90011.25:1AaAa
Black13.23:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C9C6C0
deuteranopia · #D7D2BF
tritanopia · #FFB8BF

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #fbbec0 is pinned to step 200; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDF2F2
#FAE5E6
#fbbec0
#F89599
#F56065
#F22C32
#E70E15
#C00C12
#9A090E
#6F0B0F
#450709
Base = 200Lightest = 50 · #FDF2F2Darkest = 950 · #450709Text step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.018 16.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.028 16.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.042 16.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.055 16.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.065 16.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.070 16.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.070 16.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.066 16.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.059 16.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.049 16.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.039 16.4);
}

Colors that work with #fbbec0

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF4F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDC0C1
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B4B4D
Captions on the surface
Accent#09C38E
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#78070B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEE7E8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241414
Dark-mode background
Hover#F99DA0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#F77B7F
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F3F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FFCFD1
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #fbbec0

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #78070B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #F56368

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight14/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#BEFBF9
Analogous left#FBBEDF
Analogous right#FBDBBE
Split-complement 1#BEFBDB
Split-complement 2#BEDFFB
Triadic 1#C0FBBE
Triadic 2#BEC0FB
Tetradic#DFFBBE
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°358°

#fbbec0 sits at 358°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red98.4%
Green74.5%
Blue75.3%
R · 0–255
251
0xfb
G · 0–255
190
0xbe
B · 0–255
192
0xc0

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta24.3%
Yellow23.5%
Key (black)1.6%

Total ink coverage is 49%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#fbbec0 text on a black background

contrast 13.23:1

Card sample

#fbbec0 text on a white background

contrast 1.59:1

Card sample

#fbbec0 on grey

1.45:1

#fbbec0 on its own surface

1.46:1

#fbbec0 on its dark surface

11.16:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fbbec0;
Background color
Panel with #fbbec0 background
background-color: #fbbec0;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fbbec0;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(251, 190, 192, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(251, 190, 192, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fbbec0;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fbbec0, #FBE5BE);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fbbec0, #FBF4BE);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fbbec0;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fbbec0;
caret-color: #fbbec0;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fbbec0;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEE7E8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fbbec0;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fbbec0 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fbbec0 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(251, 190, 192, 0.5)
rgb(251 190 192 / 50%)
#fbbec080
hsl(358 88% 87% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fbbec0 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fbbec01a#FFF9F9
20%#fbbec033#FEF2F2
40%#fbbec066#FDE5E6
60%#fbbec099#FDD8D9
80%#fbbec0cc#FCCBCD

Gradients from #fbbec0

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEECEC, #fbbec0 45%, #78070B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fbbec0, #F9E0A1);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fbbec0, #BEFBF9);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FEF1F1 0%, #fbbec0 45%, #78070B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF4F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FEEEF8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FDEEDB 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #78070B 0%, transparent 65%), #fbbec0;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fbbec0

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#fbbec0 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 13.23:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#fbbec0, answered

What color is #fbbec0?

#fbbec0 is a pale electric red, closest to Pink (ΔE2000 3.3). It sits at 358° on the hue wheel with 88% saturation and 87% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fbbec0?

rgb(251, 190, 192) — 251 red, 190 green and 192 blue out of 255, or 98.4% / 74.5% / 75.3% by channel.

What is #fbbec0 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(358, 88%, 87%) and hsv(358, 24%, 98%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fbbec0 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6114 and perceived brightness is 82%, so black text on it reaches 13.23:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fbbec0?

Black. It scores 13.23:1 against #fbbec0, versus 1.59:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #fbbec0 accessible on a white background?

#fbbec0 on white scores 1.59:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #E90E16 to reach 4.5:1, or #B40B11 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fbbec0?

#BEFBF9 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BEFBDB and #BEDFFB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fbbec0?

For interface work: #FAF4F4 as the surface, #EDC0C1 for borders, #9B4B4D for secondary text, #09C38E as an accent and #78070B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FBBEDF and #FBDBBE stays calm, while #BEFBF9 is the loudest partner.

What is #fbbec0 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 24%, 24%, 2%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #fbbec0 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 18 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FBD2BE; nudged cooler, #FCBDD6.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fbbec0?

The rose family — its 500 step is #f43f5e, ΔE2000 26.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fbbec0 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fbbec0 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fbbec0] or text-[#fbbec0], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #fbbec0 with 50% opacity?

rgba(251, 190, 192, 0.5), or #fbbec080 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FDDFE0; over black, #7E5F60.

Is #fbbec0 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCCCC, ΔE2000 3.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #fbbec0 mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #fbbec0?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEECEC, #fbbec0 45%, #78070B). For more colour, a short hue run to #F9E0A1 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fbbec0 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fbbec0 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.