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#F4EEEF — Pale Dusty Red

#F4EEEF is a red color we call Pale Dusty Red, closest to the named color WhiteSmoke (#F5F5F5). It belongs to the red family.

#F4EEEF 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 #F0F5F4; it also sits naturally between #F5F0F3 and #F5F1F0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#F4EEEF · RGB 244, 238, 239

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Color values

HEX#F4EEEF
RGB244, 238, 239
HSL350°, 21%, 95%
HSV350°, 2%, 96%
CMYK0%, 2%, 2%, 4%
XYZ83.46, 86.61, 93.98
Yxy86.61, 0.3161, 0.3280
CIE-Lab94.57, 2.19, 0.22
Hunter Lab93.07, 2.22, 0.22

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 96% · Green 93% · Blue 94%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 2% · Key 4%

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

Previews

Sample text in #F4EEEF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #F4EEEF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #F4EEEF

.text { color: #F4EEEF; }
.background { background-color: #F4EEEF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #F4EEEF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(244, 238, 239); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(350, 21%, 95%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #F4EEEF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(244, 238, 239, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #F4EEEF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(244, 238, 239, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#F4EEEF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#F4EEEF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #F4EEEF

#E3D4D6#D1B8BC#BF9CA2#AC8088#9A656E#7B5158#603E44#442C30#281A1D#0C0809

Tints of #F4EEEF

#F5F0F0#F5F0F0#F5F0F0#F5F0F0#F7F3F3#F7F3F3#F7F3F3#F7F3F3#F7F3F3#F7F3F3

Tones of #F4EEEF

#F5F0F1#F4F0F1#F4F1F1#F3F1F1#F3F1F2#F3F2F2

Color harmonies

Complementary — #F0F5F4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.15:1 Fails
Against black text18.32:1 AAA

Best text color on #F4EEEF: #000000.

How #F4EEEF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F1F1EFDeuteranopia · #F2F2EFTritanopia · #F4EFEF

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 #F4EEEF rather than the exact color:

Palette 96c291
#96C291 · #FFDBAA · #FFB7B7 · #F4EEEE
Palette F5eeee
#F5EEEE · #EA21A2 · #AF05AA · #171313
Palette 999b84
#999B84 · #D8AC9C · #EFD9D1 · #F4EEED
Palette 6482ad
#6482AD · #7FA1C3 · #E2DAD6 · #F5EDED
Palette 000000
#000000 · #3E3636 · #D72323 · #F5EDED
Palette Aa530e
#AA530E · #DF8931 · #F5C16C · #F3EDED

Similar colors

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

#F4EEEE#F5EEEE#F4EEED#F5EDED#F3EDED#F6ECF0#F6F0F0#F1EFEF#F7F0F0#F6F1EE#F6F1F1#F0F0F0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #F4EEEE  ·  #F4EEF0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #F4EEEF?

#F4EEEF is Pale Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 244, 238, 239). Its closest standard named color is WhiteSmoke.

What is the RGB and HSL of #F4EEEF?

#F4EEEF is RGB 244, 238, 239 — HSL 350°, 21%, 95% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 2%, 4%.

What colors go with #F4EEEF?

Its complement is #F0F5F4; analogous partners are #F5F0F3 and #F5F1F0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #F4EEEF for text?

Black text on #F4EEEF has a contrast ratio of 18.32:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.15:1.