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#FCE2E4 — Pale Vivid Red

#FCE2E4 is a red color we call Pale Vivid Red, closest to the named color MistyRose (#FFE4E1). It belongs to the red family.

#FCE2E4 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 #E3FCFA; it also sits naturally between #FCE3F2 and #FCEEE3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCE2E4 · RGB 252, 226, 228

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Color values

HEX#FCE2E4
RGB252, 226, 228
HSL355°, 81%, 94%
HSV355°, 10%, 99%
CMYK0%, 10%, 10%, 1%
XYZ81.34, 80.69, 84.69
Yxy80.69, 0.3297, 0.3270
CIE-Lab91.99, 9.23, 2.27
Hunter Lab89.83, 9.39, 2.17

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 89% · Blue 89%

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

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

Previews

Sample text in #FCE2E4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FCE2E4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FCE2E4

.text { color: #FCE2E4; }
.background { background-color: #FCE2E4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCE2E4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 226, 228); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(355, 81%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCE2E4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 226, 228, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCE2E4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 226, 228, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCE2E4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCE2E4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCE2E4

#F8BABF#F39098#EF6772#EB3D4C#E21829#B91321#8F0F1A#660B12#3C060B#120203

Tints of #FCE2E4

#FCE3E5#FCE3E5#FDE8EA#FDE8EA#FDE8EA#FDE8EA#FDE8EA#FDEDEE#FDEDEE#FDEDEE

Tones of #FCE2E4

#FAE5E7#F9E7E8#F7E9EA#F5EAEB#F3ECED#F2EEEE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E3FCFA:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.23:1 Fails
Against black text17.14:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCE2E4: #000000.

How #FCE2E4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F1F1E4Deuteranopia · #F2F4E3Tritanopia · #FBE3E3

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 #FCE2E4 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fabea7
#FABEA7 · #FBE2E5 · #9CADA4 · #767C77
Palette Ffb6b6
#FFB6B6 · #FDE2E2 · #AACFCF · #679B9B
Palette Ec6530
#EC6530 · #FFAE6E · #FFE3E3 · #8FDDDF
Palette 93b5c6
#93B5C6 · #C9CCD5 · #E4D8DC · #FFE3E3
Palette 789dbc
#789DBC · #FFE3E3 · #FEF9F2 · #C9E9D2
Palette Fbefef
#FBEFEF · #FFE2E2 · #F5CBCB · #C5B3D3

Similar colors

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

#FBE2E5#FDE2E2#FFE3E3#FFE2E2#FFE4E4#FFE3E1#FFE5E5#FFE1E1#FFE6E6#FFDEE6#FFE6E1#F9DFDF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCE2E3  ·  #FCE2E5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCE2E4?

#FCE2E4 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 226, 228). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCE2E4?

#FCE2E4 is RGB 252, 226, 228 — HSL 355°, 81%, 94% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 10%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCE2E4?

Its complement is #E3FCFA; analogous partners are #FCE3F2 and #FCEEE3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCE2E4 for text?

Black text on #FCE2E4 has a contrast ratio of 17.14:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.23:1.