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#FEE4E2 — Pale Vivid Red

#FEE4E2 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 #FEE4E2 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.

#FEE4E2 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 #E1FCFE; it also sits naturally between #FEE1EE and #FEF2E1. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FEE4E2 · RGB 254, 228, 226

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Color values

HEX#FEE4E2
RGB254, 228, 226
HSL4°, 93%, 94%
HSV4°, 11%, 100%
CMYK0%, 10%, 11%, 0%
XYZ82.34, 82.05, 83.45
Yxy82.05, 0.3322, 0.3311
CIE-Lab92.60, 8.56, 4.21
Hunter Lab90.58, 8.73, 4.00

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 89% · Blue 89%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 11% · Key 0%

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

Previews

Sample text in #FEE4E2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FEE4E2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FEE4E2

.text { color: #FEE4E2; }
.background { background-color: #FEE4E2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FEE4E2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(254, 228, 226); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(4, 93%, 94%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FEE4E2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(254, 228, 226, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FEE4E2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(254, 228, 226, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FEE4E2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FEE4E2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FEE4E2

#FCBAB5#FB9089#F9675D#F83E30#F11809#C51407#990F06#6C0B04#400602#140201

Tints of #FEE4E2

#FEE3E1#FEE3E1#FEE8E6#FEE8E6#FEE8E6#FEE8E6#FEE8E6#FEEDEB#FEEDEB#FEEDEB

Tones of #FEE4E2

#FCE5E3#FAE7E6#F8E9E8#F6EAEA#F4ECEC#F2EEEE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #E1FCFE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.21:1 Fails
Against black text17.41:1 AAA

Best text color on #FEE4E2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FEE4E2

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 #FEE4E2: ·

How #FEE4E2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #F3F3E2Deuteranopia · #F4F6E3Tritanopia · #FDE3E3

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 #FEE4E2 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ec6530
#EC6530 · #FFAE6E · #FFE3E3 · #8FDDDF
Palette Fff5e4
#FFF5E4 · #FFE3E1 · #FFD1D1 · #FF9494
Palette 93b5c6
#93B5C6 · #C9CCD5 · #E4D8DC · #FFE3E3
Palette 789dbc
#789DBC · #FFE3E3 · #FEF9F2 · #C9E9D2
Palette Fbefef
#FBEFEF · #FFE2E2 · #F5CBCB · #C5B3D3
Palette Ffc7c7
#FFC7C7 · #FFE2E2 · #F6F6F6 · #8785A2

Similar colors

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

#FFE3E3#FFE3E1#FFE2E2#FDE2E2#FFE4E4#FFE6E1#FFE5E5#FFE1E1#FFE6E6#FBE2E5#FFE8DF#FFDFDF

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FEE4E1  ·  #FEE4E3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FEE4E2?

#FEE4E2 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 254, 228, 226). Its closest standard named color is MistyRose.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FEE4E2?

#FEE4E2 is RGB 254, 228, 226 — HSL 4°, 93%, 94% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 11%, 0%.

What colors go with #FEE4E2?

Its complement is #E1FCFE; analogous partners are #FEE1EE and #FEF2E1. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FEE4E2 for text?

Black text on #FEE4E2 has a contrast ratio of 17.41:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.21:1.