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#FDE4E3 — Pale Vivid Red

#FDE4E3 is a red color we call Pale Vivid Red, closest to the named color MistyRose (#FFE4E1). It belongs to the red family.

#FDE4E3 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 #E2FCFD; it also sits naturally between #FDE2EF and #FDF1E2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FDE4E3 · RGB 253, 228, 227

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Color values

HEX#FDE4E3
RGB253, 228, 227
HSL2°, 87%, 94%
HSV2°, 10%, 99%
CMYK0%, 10%, 10%, 1%
XYZ82.12, 81.92, 84.16
Yxy81.92, 0.3309, 0.3301
CIE-Lab92.54, 8.38, 3.59
Hunter Lab90.51, 8.53, 3.43

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 #FDE4E3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FDE4E3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FDE4E3

.text { color: #FDE4E3; }
.background { background-color: #FDE4E3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDE4E3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 228, 227); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(2, 87%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDE4E3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 228, 227, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDE4E3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 228, 227, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FDE4E3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FDE4E3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FDE4E3

#FABAB7#F7908D#F46762#F13D37#EA1710#BF130D#940F0A#690B07#3E0604#130201

Tints of #FDE4E3

#FDE3E2#FDE3E2#FDE8E7#FDE8E7#FDE8E7#FDE8E7#FDE8E7#FEEDEC#FEEDEC#FEEDEC

Tones of #FDE4E3

#FBE5E4#F9E7E6#F7E9E8#F5EAEA#F4ECEC#F2EEEE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E2FCFD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.38:1 AAA

Best text color on #FDE4E3: #000000.

How #FDE4E3 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F2F2E3Deuteranopia · #F4F6E3Tritanopia · #FCE3E3

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 #FDE4E3 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ec6530
#EC6530 · #FFAE6E · #FFE3E3 · #8FDDDF
Palette 93b5c6
#93B5C6 · #C9CCD5 · #E4D8DC · #FFE3E3
Palette Ffb6b6
#FFB6B6 · #FDE2E2 · #AACFCF · #679B9B
Palette 848ccf
#848CCF · #93B5E1 · #FFE4E4 · #BE5683
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:

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FDE4E2  ·  #FDE4E4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDE4E3?

#FDE4E3 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 253, 228, 227). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDE4E3?

#FDE4E3 is RGB 253, 228, 227 — HSL 2°, 87%, 94% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 10%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDE4E3?

Its complement is #E2FCFD; analogous partners are #FDE2EF and #FDF1E2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDE4E3 for text?

Black text on #FDE4E3 has a contrast ratio of 17.38:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.