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#FCE2DF — Pale Vivid Red

#FCE2DF is a red color we call Pale Vivid Red, closest to the named color MistyRose (#FFE4E1). It belongs to the red family.

#FCE2DF 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 #DEF9FC; it also sits naturally between #FCDEEA and #FCF0DE. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCE2DF · RGB 252, 226, 223

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Color values

HEX#FCE2DF
RGB252, 226, 223
HSL6°, 83%, 93%
HSV6°, 12%, 99%
CMYK0%, 10%, 12%, 1%
XYZ80.66, 80.42, 81.08
Yxy80.42, 0.3331, 0.3321
CIE-Lab91.87, 8.42, 4.70
Hunter Lab89.67, 8.55, 4.45

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 89% · Blue 87%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 12% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FCE2DF on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FCE2DF on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FCE2DF

.text { color: #FCE2DF; }
.background { background-color: #FCE2DF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCE2DF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 226, 223); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(6, 83%, 93%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCE2DF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 226, 223, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCE2DF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 226, 223, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCE2DF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCE2DF">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCE2DF

#F8BBB4#F4958A#F06F60#EC4936#E52A15#BB2211#911B0D#67130A#3D0B06#130302

Tints of #FCE2DF

#FCE1DE#FCE6E3#FCE6E3#FCE6E3#FDEAE8#FDEAE8#FDEAE8#FDEAE8#FDEEEC#FDEEEC

Tones of #FCE2DF

#FAE3E0#F8E5E3#F6E6E5#F4E8E7#F1EAE9#EFEBEB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DEF9FC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.23:1 Fails
Against black text17.08:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCE2DF: #000000.

How #FCE2DF looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F1F1E0Deuteranopia · #F2F4E0Tritanopia · #FBE0E0

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 #FCE2DF rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffb6b6
#FFB6B6 · #FDE2E2 · #AACFCF · #679B9B
Palette Fff5e4
#FFF5E4 · #FFE3E1 · #FFD1D1 · #FF9494
Palette Ffe1e1
#FFE1E1 · #90A17D · #829460 · #EEEEEE
Palette Fce2db
#FCE2DB · #F1C6D3 · #E4A3D4 · #C295D8
Palette Fbefef
#FBEFEF · #FFE2E2 · #F5CBCB · #C5B3D3
Palette Fcf8f8
#FCF8F8 · #FBEFEF · #F9DFDF · #F5AFAF

Similar colors

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

#FDE2E2#FFE3E1#FFE1E1#FCE2DB#FFE2E2#F9DFDF#FFDFDF#FFE3E3#FFDEDE#FFE6E1#FBE2E5#FFDDDD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCE2DE  ·  #FCE2E0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCE2DF?

#FCE2DF is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 226, 223). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCE2DF?

#FCE2DF is RGB 252, 226, 223 — HSL 6°, 83%, 93% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 12%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCE2DF?

Its complement is #DEF9FC; analogous partners are #FCDEEA and #FCF0DE. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCE2DF for text?

Black text on #FCE2DF has a contrast ratio of 17.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.