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#FCE4EA — Pale Vivid Red

#FCE4EA 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 #FCE4EA 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.

#FCE4EA 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 #E3FCF6; it also sits naturally between #FCE3F6 and #FCEAE3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCE4EA · RGB 252, 228, 234

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Color values

HEX#FCE4EA
RGB252, 228, 234
HSL345°, 80%, 94%
HSV345°, 10%, 99%
CMYK0%, 10%, 7%, 1%
XYZ82.74, 82.12, 89.33
Yxy82.12, 0.3255, 0.3231
CIE-Lab92.63, 9.19, 0.06
Hunter Lab90.62, 9.37, 0.06

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 89% · Blue 92%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 7% · Key 1%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FCE4EA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FCE4EA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FCE4EA

.text { color: #FCE4EA; }
.background { background-color: #FCE4EA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCE4EA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 228, 234); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(345, 80%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCE4EA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 228, 234, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCE4EA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 228, 234, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCE4EA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCE4EA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCE4EA

#F7BAC9#F391A9#EE6889#EA3E69#E1194B#B8143D#8E102F#650B22#3C0714#120206

Tints of #FCE4EA

#FCE3EA#FCE3EA#FCE8ED#FCE8ED#FCE8ED#FCE8ED#FCE8ED#FDEDF1#FDEDF1#FDEDF1

Tones of #FCE4EA

#FAE5EA#F8E7EB#F7E9EC#F5EAED#F3ECEE#F1EEEF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E3FCF6:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.42:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCE4EA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCE4EA

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 #FCE4EA: ·

How #FCE4EA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F2F1E9Deuteranopia · #F3F5E8Tritanopia · #FBE7E7

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 #FCE4EA rather than the exact color:

Palette Fde5ec
#FDE5EC · #FCBAAD · #E48586 · #916DB3
Palette Fee3ec
#FEE3EC · #F9C5D5 · #F999B7 · #F2789F
Palette Ffe6eb
#FFE6EB · #DEFCFC · #CBF1F5 · #A6E3E9
Palette 9be3de
#9BE3DE · #BEEBE9 · #FFFDF9 · #FFE3ED
Palette Fcf5ee
#FCF5EE · #FBE8E7 · #F7DDDE · #FFC4D0
Palette 944e63
#944E63 · #B47B84 · #CAA6A6 · #FFE7E7

Similar colors

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

#FDE5EC#FEE3EC#FFE6EB#FFE3ED#FBE8E7#FFE7E7#FFE6E6#FFE8E8#FBE2E5#FFE4EF#FFE5E5#F6E2E9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCE4E9  ·  #FCE4EB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCE4EA?

#FCE4EA is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 228, 234). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCE4EA?

#FCE4EA is RGB 252, 228, 234 — HSL 345°, 80%, 94% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 7%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCE4EA?

Its complement is #E3FCF6; analogous partners are #FCE3F6 and #FCEAE3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCE4EA for text?

Black text on #FCE4EA has a contrast ratio of 17.42:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.