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#FCE4E7 — Pale Vivid Red

#FCE4E7 is a red color we call Pale Vivid 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 #FCE4E7 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.

#FCE4E7 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 #E3FCF9; it also sits naturally between #FCE3F3 and #FCEDE3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCE4E7 · RGB 252, 228, 231

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Color values

HEX#FCE4E7
RGB252, 228, 231
HSL353°, 80%, 94%
HSV353°, 10%, 99%
CMYK0%, 10%, 8%, 1%
XYZ82.31, 81.95, 87.08
Yxy81.95, 0.3275, 0.3261
CIE-Lab92.55, 8.69, 1.52
Hunter Lab90.53, 8.85, 1.46

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 89% · Blue 91%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 8% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FCE4E7 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FCE4E7 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FCE4E7

.text { color: #FCE4E7; }
.background { background-color: #FCE4E7; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCE4E7; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 228, 231); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(353, 80%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCE4E7; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 228, 231, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCE4E7; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 228, 231, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCE4E7">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCE4E7">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCE4E7

#F7BAC1#F3919C#EE6877#EA3E52#E11930#B81427#8E101F#650B16#3C070D#120204

Tints of #FCE4E7

#FCE3E6#FCE3E6#FCE8EA#FCE8EA#FCE8EA#FCE8EA#FCE8EA#FDEDEF#FDEDEF#FDEDEF

Tones of #FCE4E7

#FAE5E8#F8E7E9#F7E9EA#F5EAEC#F3ECED#F1EEEE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E3FCF9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.39:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCE4E7: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCE4E7

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 #FCE4E7: ·

How #FCE4E7 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F2F1E6Deuteranopia · #F3F5E6Tritanopia · #FBE6E6

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 #FCE4E7 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fabea7
#FABEA7 · #FBE2E5 · #9CADA4 · #767C77
Palette Ffe6e6
#FFE6E6 · #F2D1D1 · #DAEAF1 · #C6DCE4
Palette Ffe6e6
#FFE6E6 · #E1AFD1 · #AD88C6 · #7469B6
Palette 756ab6
#756AB6 · #AC87C5 · #E0AED0 · #FFE5E5
Palette Ffe6e6
#FFE6E6 · #FFABE1 · #A685E2 · #6155A6
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF

Similar colors

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

#FBE2E5#FFE6E6#FFE5E5#FBE8E7#FFE7E7#FFE4E4#FFE3E3#FFE8E8#FDE5EC#FFE6EB#FEE3EC#FDE2E2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCE4E6  ·  #FCE4E8 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCE4E7?

#FCE4E7 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 228, 231). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCE4E7?

#FCE4E7 is RGB 252, 228, 231 — HSL 353°, 80%, 94% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 8%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCE4E7?

Its complement is #E3FCF9; analogous partners are #FCE3F3 and #FCEDE3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCE4E7 for text?

Black text on #FCE4E7 has a contrast ratio of 17.39:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.