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#FDEFEE — Pale Vivid Red

#FDEFEE is a red color we call Pale Vivid Red, closest to the named color SeaShell (#FFF5EE). It belongs to the red family.

#FDEFEE 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 #EDFCFD; it also sits naturally between #FDEDF4 and #FDF6ED. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FDEFEE · RGB 253, 239, 238

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Color values

HEX#FDEFEE
RGB253, 239, 238
HSL4°, 79%, 96%
HSV4°, 6%, 99%
CMYK0%, 6%, 6%, 1%
XYZ86.81, 88.79, 93.45
Yxy88.79, 0.3226, 0.3300
CIE-Lab95.49, 4.54, 2.16
Hunter Lab94.23, 4.65, 2.11

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 94% · Blue 93%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 6% · Key 1%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #FDEFEE

.text { color: #FDEFEE; }
.background { background-color: #FDEFEE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FDEFEE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(253, 239, 238); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(4, 79%, 96%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FDEFEE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(253, 239, 238, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FDEFEE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(253, 239, 238, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FDEFEE

#F8C7C4#F3A09B#EE766D#E94F44#E4281B#BB2116#921A11#64120C#3B0A07#120302

Tints of #FDEFEE

#FDEEED#FDEEED#FDEEED#FDEEED#FDEEED#FDEEED#FDEEED#FDEEED#FDEEED#FDEEED

Tones of #FDEFEE

#FCEFEE#FBF0EF#F9F1F0#F8F2F1#F7F3F2#F6F4F4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #EDFCFD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.12:1 Fails
Against black text18.76:1 AAA

Best text color on #FDEFEE: #000000.

How #FDEFEE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F7F7EEDeuteranopia · #F8F9EETritanopia · #FCEEEE

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 #FDEFEE rather than the exact color:

Palette Fdefef
#FDEFEF · #F4DFD0 · #DAD0C2 · #CDBBA7
Palette Fbefef
#FBEFEF · #FFE2E2 · #F5CBCB · #C5B3D3
Palette Fcf8f8
#FCF8F8 · #FBEFEF · #F9DFDF · #F5AFAF
Palette F875aa
#F875AA · #FDEDED · #EDFFF0 · #AEDEFC
Palette F6f5f2
#F6F5F2 · #F0EBE3 · #F3D0D7 · #FFEFEF
Palette Ffeeee
#FFEEEE · #FFF6EA · #F7E9D7 · #EBD8C3

Similar colors

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

#FDEFEF#FBEFEF#FDEDED#FFEFEF#FFEEEE#FDF0F0#FBF0F0#FFF0F0#FFF2EF#FFECEF#FFF1F1#FDEBED

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FDEFED  ·  #FDEFEF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FDEFEE?

#FDEFEE is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 253, 239, 238). Its closest standard named color is SeaShell.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FDEFEE?

#FDEFEE is RGB 253, 239, 238 — HSL 4°, 79%, 96% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 6%, 1%.

What colors go with #FDEFEE?

Its complement is #EDFCFD; analogous partners are #FDEDF4 and #FDF6ED. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FDEFEE for text?

Black text on #FDEFEE has a contrast ratio of 18.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.12:1.