What is hex #FD857B color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a balanced and versatile hue. It is ideal for creating smooth color harmony, digital artwork, or minimalist web components.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 99% red, 52% green and 48% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (253,133,123).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 47%, 51%, 1%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #FD857B features a hue of 5°, 51% saturation, and a brightness value of 99%.

Hex #FD857B Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #FD857B
RGB Values (253,133,123)
CMYK Values (0%, 47%, 51%, 1%)
HSV/HSB Values (5°, 51%, 99%)
Closest Web Safe
#FF9966 [Atomic Tangerine]
Inverse Color
#027A84
Closest Pantone®
170 C
Closest RAL
RAL 3012 [Beige red]
Complementary Color
#7BF3FD

#FD857B Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#A9A9A9
Lightness (Desaturation)
#BCBCBC
Weighted (BT601)
#A8A8A8
Luma (BT709)
#9E9E9E

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #FD857B complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #FD857B

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #FD857B.

Contrast Ratio: 2.38:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #FD857B

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #FD857B.

Contrast Ratio: 8.82:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #FD857B Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #FD857B is #7BF3FD. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #FD857B you will find #7BF3FD. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#FD857B #7BF3FD

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #FD857B is composed with colors #FD7BB2 and #FDC67B. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #FD857B with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#FD7BB2 #FD857B #FDC67B

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #FD857B is composed with colors #7BB2FD and #7BFDC6. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#FD857B #7BB2FD #7BFDC6

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #FD857B is composed with colors #857BFD and #7BFD85. They are located to the right and left of your main color #FD857B with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#FD857B #857BFD #7BFD85

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #FD857B is composed with colors #7BFD85, #7BF3FD and #FD7BF3 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#FD857B #7BFD85 #7BF3FD #FD7BF3

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #FD857B is composed with colors #B2FD7B, #7BF3FD and #C67BFD To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#FD857B #B2FD7B #7BF3FD #C67BFD

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #FD857B

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #FD857B.

#FD857B #FD978F #FDAAA3 #FDBCB7 #FECFCB #FEE1DF #FEF4F3 #FFFFFF

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#FD857B #F68A81 #EF9088 #E9958E #E29B95 #DCA09B #D5A6A2 #CFABA8

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#FD857B #FC7266 #FC5F52 #FC4D3E #FB3A2A #FB2816 #F91603 #E51403

Hex #FD857B in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #FD857B
Java new Color(253,133,123);
Python Color(#FD857B)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 253,133,123);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.99, green: 0.52, blue: 0.48, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(253, 133, 123)