What color is #FFBBBB?

#FFBBBB is a very light, vivid red known as Hard Candy. It belongs to the pink family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Hard Candy?

The RGB value is 255, 187, 187: 255 red, 187 green and 187 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Hard Candy?

The complementary color is #BBFFFF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #FFBBBB?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 13.08:1 and white text 1.61:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Hard Candy color: hex code #FFBBBB

#FFBBBB rgb(255, 187, 187)

Shades of pink

Hard Candy has the hex code #FFBBBB. It is a very light, vivid red.

In the RGB color model it is made of 100% red, 73.3% green and 73.3% blue (255, 187, 187).

Its hue angle is 0°, with 100% saturation and 87% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 27% magenta, 27% yellow and 0% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 13.08:1).

Hard Candy (#FFBBBB) color codes

HEX	`#FFBBBB`
RGB	`rgb(255, 187, 187)`
RGB percent	`rgb(100%, 73.3%, 73.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(0, 100%, 87%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(0, 27%, 100%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 27%, 27%, 0%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(82.05, 24.52, 9.69)`
CIE LCH	`lch(82.05, 26.36, 21.58)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(67.981, 60.392, 55.08)`
Decimal	`16759739`
Short hex	`#FBB`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Hard Candy, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #FFBBBB	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	13.08:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.61:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#FFBBBB as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.61:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	13.08:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #FFBBBB looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #ffbbbb; }
.text { color: #ffbbbb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ffbbbb; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(255 187 187 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #ffbbbb, #ffddbb); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Light Pink.

See #FFBBBB on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #FFBBBB?: #FFBBBB is a very light, vivid red known as Hard Candy. It belongs to the pink family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Hard Candy?: The RGB value is 255, 187, 187: 255 red, 187 green and 187 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Hard Candy?: The complementary color is #BBFFFF, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #FFBBBB?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 13.08:1 and white text 1.61:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.