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#F5BDCA Color

#F5BDCA is rgb(245, 189, 202) in RGB, hsl(346, 74%, 85%) in HSL, and about cmyk(0%, 23%, 18%, 4%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Orchid Pink (#F2BDCD), below the threshold most people can see at ΔE 2.14. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#F5BDCA
HEX#F5BDCA
RGBrgb(245, 189, 202)
HSLhsl(346, 74%, 85%)
HSVhsv(346, 23%, 96%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23%, 18%, 4%)
OKLCHoklch(85.2% 0.066 3.1)
LABlab(82.04% 22.16 1.63)
LCHlch(82.04% 22.22 4.22)

What #F5BDCA Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #F5BDCA, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every red in the library.

#F5BDCA Channel Values

How #F5BDCA breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 245 · G 189 · B 2028-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 346° · S 74% · L 85%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 346° · S 23% · V 96%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 0% · M 23% · Y 18% · K 4%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.61:1 vs white · 13.01:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #F5BDCA background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.61:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text13.01:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

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Colors That Go With #F5BDCA

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #F5BDCA; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

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Analogous
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Triadic
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Tints & Shades of #F5BDCA

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #F5BDCA.

How #F5BDCA Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#F5BDCA
Protanopia#C8C8CA
Protanomaly#DBC4CA
Deuteranopia#D2D2C8
Deuteranomaly#E1CAC9
Tritanopia#F4BFBF
Tritanomaly#F4BEC3
Achromatopsia#CCCCCC

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #F5BDCA in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-f5bdca: #F5BDCA;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #F5BDCA;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-f5bdca': '#F5BDCA' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.961, green: 0.741, blue: 0.792)
Android XML<color name="color_f5bdca">#F5BDCA</color>
SVG fillfill="#F5BDCA"

More Red Colors

#F5BDCA sits in the red family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

#F5BDCA Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #F5BDCA?

#F5BDCA is a lightest red — rgb(245, 189, 202) in RGB and hsl(346, 74%, 85%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Orchid Pink (#F2BDCD), which is below the threshold most people can see at a CIE76 distance of 2.14.

What is the RGB value of #F5BDCA?

#F5BDCA is rgb(245, 189, 202) — red 245, green 189, and blue 202 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #F5BDCA?

#F5BDCA converts to approximately cmyk(0%, 23%, 18%, 4%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #F5BDCA be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #F5BDCA scores 1.61:1 against white and 13.01:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #F5BDCA as a CSS color keyword?

No. #F5BDCA is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is pink (#FFC0CB) at a CIE76 distance of 3.57, which is very hard to tell apart.

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