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#FEE4DE — Pale Vivid Red

#FEE4DE 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 #FEE4DE 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.

#FEE4DE 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 #DCF8FE; it also sits naturally between #FEDCE7 and #FEF3DC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEE4DE · RGB 254, 228, 222

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Color values

HEX#FEE4DE
RGB254, 228, 222
HSL11°, 94%, 93%
HSV11°, 13%, 100%
CMYK0%, 10%, 13%, 0%
XYZ81.80, 81.83, 80.59
Yxy81.83, 0.3349, 0.3351
CIE-Lab92.50, 7.93, 6.16
Hunter Lab90.46, 8.06, 5.79

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 89% · Blue 87%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 13% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEE4DE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEE4DE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEE4DE

.text { color: #FEE4DE; }
.background { background-color: #FEE4DE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEE4DE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 228, 222); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(11, 94%, 93%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEE4DE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 228, 222, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEE4DE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 228, 222, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEE4DE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEE4DE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEE4DE

#FDBEB0#FB9983#FA7557#F8502A#F23307#C62906#992005#6D1703#400D02#140401

Tints of #FEE4DE

#FEE3DC#FEE7E1#FEE7E1#FEE7E1#FEEBE6#FEEBE6#FEEBE6#FEEBE6#FEEFEB#FEEFEB

Tones of #FEE4DE

#FCE4DF#F9E6E1#F7E7E4#F4E9E6#F2EAE8#EFECEB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #DCF8FE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.37:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEE4DE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEE4DE

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 #FEE4DE: ·

How #FEE4DE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F3F3DFDeuteranopia · #F4F6E0Tritanopia · #FDE1E1

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 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FEE4DE rather than the exact color:

Palette Fff5e4
#FFF5E4 · #FFE3E1 · #FFD1D1 · #FF9494
Palette Ff3f33
#FF3F33 · #FFE6E1 · #075B5E · #9FC87E
Palette Fce2db
#FCE2DB · #F1C6D3 · #E4A3D4 · #C295D8
Palette Ffe8df
#FFE8DF · #FFFFFF · #F0F0F0 · #888888
Palette Ffe1e1
#FFE1E1 · #90A17D · #829460 · #EEEEEE
Palette Fbefef
#FBEFEF · #FFE2E2 · #F5CBCB · #C5B3D3

Similar colors

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

#FFE3E1#FFE6E1#FCE2DB#FFE8DF#FFE1E1#FFE2E2#FDE2E2#FFE8DB#FFE5D9#FFE3E3#FFDFDF#FFDEDE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEE4DD  ·  #FEE4DF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEE4DE?

#FEE4DE is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 254, 228, 222). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEE4DE?

#FEE4DE is RGB 254, 228, 222 — HSL 11°, 94%, 93% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 13%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEE4DE?

Its complement is #DCF8FE; analogous partners are #FEDCE7 and #FEF3DC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEE4DE for text?

Black text on #FEE4DE has a contrast ratio of 17.37:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.