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#FDE4E4 — Pale Vivid Red

#FDE4E4 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 #FDE4E4 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.

#FDE4E4 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 #E3FDFD; it also sits naturally between #FDE3F0 and #FDF0E3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FDE4E4 · RGB 253, 228, 228

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Color values

HEX#FDE4E4
RGB253, 228, 228
HSL0°, 86%, 94%
HSV0°, 10%, 99%
CMYK0%, 10%, 10%, 1%
XYZ82.26, 81.97, 84.89
Yxy81.97, 0.3302, 0.3291
CIE-Lab92.56, 8.54, 3.10
Hunter Lab90.54, 8.70, 2.97

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 #FDE4E4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FDE4E4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FDE4E4

.text { color: #FDE4E4; }
.background { background-color: #FDE4E4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDE4E4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 228, 228); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(0, 86%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDE4E4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 228, 228, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDE4E4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 228, 228, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FDE4E4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FDE4E4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FDE4E4

#FAB8B8#F68D8D#F36262#F03838#E81111#BE0E0E#930B0B#680808#3E0505#130101

Tints of #FDE4E4

#FDE3E3#FDE3E3#FDE7E7#FDE7E7#FDE7E7#FDE7E7#FDE7E7#FEECEC#FEECEC#FEECEC

Tones of #FDE4E4

#FBE4E4#F9E6E6#F7E8E8#F5EAEA#F4ECEC#F2EEEE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E3FDFD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

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

Best text color on #FDE4E4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FDE4E4

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 #FDE4E4: ·

How #FDE4E4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F2F2E4Deuteranopia · #F4F6E4Tritanopia · #FCE4E4

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 #FDE4E4 rather than the exact color:

Palette 848ccf
#848CCF · #93B5E1 · #FFE4E4 · #BE5683
Palette Ec6530
#EC6530 · #FFAE6E · #FFE3E3 · #8FDDDF
Palette 93b5c6
#93B5C6 · #C9CCD5 · #E4D8DC · #FFE3E3
Palette 756ab6
#756AB6 · #AC87C5 · #E0AED0 · #FFE5E5
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F3FDE8 · #FFE5E5 · #FFBFBF
Palette 789dbc
#789DBC · #FFE3E3 · #FEF9F2 · #C9E9D2

Similar colors

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

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FDE4E3  ·  #FDE4E5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDE4E4?

#FDE4E4 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 253, 228, 228). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDE4E4?

#FDE4E4 is RGB 253, 228, 228 — HSL 0°, 86%, 94% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 10%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDE4E4?

Its complement is #E3FDFD; analogous partners are #FDE3F0 and #FDF0E3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDE4E4 for text?

Black text on #FDE4E4 has a contrast ratio of 17.39:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.