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#FCE4E4 — Pale Vivid Red

#FCE4E4 is a red color we call Pale Vivid Red, closest to the named color MistyRose (#FFE4E1). It belongs to the red family.

#FCE4E4 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 #E3FCFC; it also sits naturally between #FCE3F0 and #FCF0E3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCE4E4 · RGB 252, 228, 228

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Color values

HEX#FCE4E4
RGB252, 228, 228
HSL0°, 80%, 94%
HSV0°, 10%, 99%
CMYK0%, 10%, 10%, 1%
XYZ81.89, 81.78, 84.87
Yxy81.78, 0.3295, 0.3291
CIE-Lab92.48, 8.19, 2.97
Hunter Lab90.43, 8.34, 2.85

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 #FCE4E4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FCE4E4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FCE4E4

.text { color: #FCE4E4; }
.background { background-color: #FCE4E4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCE4E4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 228, 228); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 80%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCE4E4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 228, 228, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCE4E4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 228, 228, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCE4E4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCE4E4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCE4E4

#F7BABA#F39191#EE6868#EA3E3E#E11919#B81414#8E1010#650B0B#3C0707#120202

Tints of #FCE4E4

#FCE3E3#FCE3E3#FCE8E8#FCE8E8#FCE8E8#FCE8E8#FCE8E8#FDEDED#FDEDED#FDEDED

Tones of #FCE4E4

#FAE5E5#F8E7E7#F7E9E9#F5EAEA#F3ECEC#F1EEEE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E3FCFC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.36:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCE4E4: #000000.

How #FCE4E4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F2F1E4Deuteranopia · #F3F5E4Tritanopia · #FBE4E4

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 #FCE4E4 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fabea7
#FABEA7 · #FBE2E5 · #9CADA4 · #767C77
Palette Ffb6b6
#FFB6B6 · #FDE2E2 · #AACFCF · #679B9B
Palette 848ccf
#848CCF · #93B5E1 · #FFE4E4 · #BE5683
Palette Ec6530
#EC6530 · #FFAE6E · #FFE3E3 · #8FDDDF
Palette 93b5c6
#93B5C6 · #C9CCD5 · #E4D8DC · #FFE3E3
Palette 756ab6
#756AB6 · #AC87C5 · #E0AED0 · #FFE5E5

Similar colors

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

#FBE2E5#FDE2E2#FFE4E4#FFE3E3#FFE5E5#FFE2E2#FFE6E6#FFE3E1#FFE6E1#FBE8E7#FFE7E7#FFE1E1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCE4E3  ·  #FCE4E5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCE4E4?

#FCE4E4 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 228, 228). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCE4E4?

#FCE4E4 is RGB 252, 228, 228 — HSL 0°, 80%, 94% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 10%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCE4E4?

Its complement is #E3FCFC; analogous partners are #FCE3F0 and #FCF0E3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCE4E4 for text?

Black text on #FCE4E4 has a contrast ratio of 17.36:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.