HEX atlas value

#FDBCB4

#FDBCB4 is a warm red HEX color nearest Melon. RGB 253, 188, 180, HSL 7° 95% 85%, luminance 0.6014; view contrast and conversions.

red warm pastel

#FDBCB4 Sample readable text

HEX #FDBCB4

RGB rgb(253, 188, 180)

HSL hsl(7 95% 85%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 26, 29, 1)

Luminance 0.6014

Contrast Black 13.03:1White 1.61:1

CSS

--color-fdbcb4: #FDBCB4;
.background-fdbcb4 { background-color: #FDBCB4; }
.text-fdbcb4 { color: #FDBCB4; }

HEX meaning and use

About #FDBCB4

#FDBCB4 is classified as a warm red value with pastel visual character. #FDBCB4 is visually closest to Melon, a named red color with HEX #FDBCB4.

The RGB channels are 253, 188, and 180, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 7deg with 95% saturation and 85% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and soft UI backgrounds. Its luminance is 0.6014, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text13.03:1AA Pass

White text1.61:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #FDBCB4 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000013.03:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.61:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 #B4F5FD#B4F5FD · #000000 text · best 17.42:1 #FDE1B4#FDE1B4 · #000000 text · best 16.61:1 #F5C3BD#F5C3BD · #000000 text · best 13.42:1 Baby Pink#F4C2C2 · #000000 text · best 13.34:1

Generated Palette

Melon#FDBCB4

#B4F5FD#B4F5FD

#FDB4D0#FDB4D0

#FDE1B4#FDE1B4

White#FFFFFF

#FB6E5B#FB6E5B

Color Harmonies

#B4F5FD#B4F5FD

#FDB4D0#FDB4D0

#FDE1B4#FDE1B4

#B4FDBD#B4FDBD

#BDB4FD#BDB4FD

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#FB6E5B#FB6E5B

#FFBBB3#FFBBB3

#F5C3BD#F5C3BD

White#FFFFFF

#FFDFDB#FFDFDB

Nearest Named Colors

Melon#FDBCB4

Light Pink#FFB6C1

Pastel Coral#FFB3A7

Baby Pink#F4C2C2

Cherry Blossom#FFB7C5

Luminance0.6014

Black text13.03:1AA Pass

White text1.61:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#FDBCB4","rgb":[253,188,180],"hsl":[7,95,85],"cmyk":[0,26,29,1],"luminance":0.6014,"contrast":{"black":13.03,"white":1.61}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":13.03,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.61,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#B4F5FD","hex":"#B4F5FD","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.42,"contrastWhite":1.21,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FDE1B4","hex":"#FDE1B4","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.61,"contrastWhite":1.26,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F5C3BD","hex":"#F5C3BD","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.42,"contrastWhite":1.56,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Baby Pink","hex":"#F4C2C2","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.34,"contrastWhite":1.57,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm red","pastel","pastel red","Melon adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","soft UI backgrounds","high-attention visual states"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/fdbcb4.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/melon.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-pink.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pastel-coral.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B4F5FD","analogous":["#FDB4D0","#FDE1B4"],"triadic":["#B4FDBD","#BDB4FD"],"tetradic":["#D0FDB4","#B4F5FD","#E1B4FD"],"splitComplementary":["#B4FDE1","#B4D0FD"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#FDBCB4","#FB6E5B"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#FB6E5B","saturated":"#FFBBB3","desaturated":"#F5C3BD","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFDFDB"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"melon","name":"Melon","hex":"#FDBCB4","distance":0},{"slug":"light-pink","name":"Light Pink","hex":"#FFB6C1","distance":14.45683229480096},{"slug":"pastel-coral","name":"Pastel Coral","hex":"#FFB3A7","distance":15.937377450509228},{"slug":"baby-pink","name":"Baby Pink","hex":"#F4C2C2","distance":17.69180601295413},{"slug":"cherry-blossom","name":"Cherry Blossom","hex":"#FFB7C5","distance":17.832554500127006}]

#FDBCB4

CSS

About #FDBCB4

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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