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#F4E4E4 — Pale Muted Red

#F4E4E4 is a red color we call Pale Muted Red, closest to the named color MistyRose (#FFE4E1). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: mistyrose (#FFE4E1) — not an exact match. CSS mistyrose gives you #FFE4E1, a different color; use #F4E4E4 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#F4E4E4 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #E6F5F5; it also sits naturally between #F5E6ED and #F5EDE6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F4E4E4 · RGB 244, 228, 228

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Color values

HEX#F4E4E4
RGB244, 228, 228
HSL0°, 42%, 93%
HSV0°, 7%, 96%
CMYK0%, 7%, 7%, 4%
XYZ79.06, 80.32, 84.74
Yxy80.32, 0.3238, 0.3290
CIE-Lab91.83, 5.44, 1.95
Hunter Lab89.62, 5.49, 1.87

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 96% · Green 89% · Blue 89%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 7% · Yellow 7% · Key 4%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #F4E4E4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F4E4E4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F4E4E4

.text { color: #F4E4E4; }
.background { background-color: #F4E4E4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F4E4E4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(244, 228, 228); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 42%, 93%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F4E4E4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(244, 228, 228, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F4E4E4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(244, 228, 228, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F4E4E4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F4E4E4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F4E4E4

#E7C5C5#DAA4A4#CD8484#BF6363#B14848#913B3B#702E2E#502121#2F1313#0E0606

Tints of #F4E4E4

#F5E6E6#F6E9E9#F6E9E9#F6E9E9#F8EDED#F8EDED#F8EDED#F8EDED#F9F1F1#F9F1F1

Tones of #F4E4E4

#F4E7E7#F3E8E8#F1E9E9#F0EAEA#EFEBEB#EEECEC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E6F5F5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.23:1 Fails
Against black text17.06:1 AAA

Best text color on #F4E4E4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #F4E4E4

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #F4E4E4: ·

How #F4E4E4 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #EDEDE4Deuteranopia · #EEEFE4Tritanopia · #F3E4E4

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind fuchsia 500 · #D946EF

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #F4E4E4 rather than the exact color:

Palette 2b3a55
#2B3A55 · #CE7777 · #E8C4C4 · #F2E5E5
Palette 5b6d5b
#5B6D5B · #CA8A8B · #E2BCB7 · #F6E6E4
Palette F5e5e1
#F5E5E1 · #F9B487 · #427A76 · #174143
Palette 3291b6
#3291B6 · #BB8ED0 · #E0A8A8 · #F1E2E2
Palette F6e5f5
#F6E5F5 · #FBF4F9 · #F6E7E6 · #B9CCED
Palette F4e7e1
#F4E7E1 · #FF9B45 · #D5451B · #521C0D

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#F2E5E5#F6E6E4#F5E5E1#F1E2E2#F6E7E6#F4E7E1#F3E1E1#F5E6E0#EFE4E4#F3DFE3#F2E9E4#F6E2E9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F4E4E3  ·  #F4E4E5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F4E4E4?

#F4E4E4 is Pale Muted Red, a red color (RGB 244, 228, 228). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F4E4E4?

#F4E4E4 is RGB 244, 228, 228 — HSL 0°, 42%, 93% — CMYK 0%, 7%, 7%, 4%.

What colors go with #F4E4E4?

Its complement is #E6F5F5; analogous partners are #F5E6ED and #F5EDE6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F4E4E4 for text?

Black text on #F4E4E4 has a contrast ratio of 17.06:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.