Palettes / Colors / #FFEFEC

#FFEFEC — Pale Vivid Red

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

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: seashell (#FFF5EE) — not an exact match. CSS seashell gives you #FFF5EE, a different color; use #FFEFEC 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.

#FFEFEC 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 #EBFCFF; it also sits naturally between #FFEBF2 and #FFF8EB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 100% · Green 94% · Blue 93%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 7% · Key 0%

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

Previews

CSS code for #FFEFEC

.text { color: #FFEFEC; }
.background { background-color: #FFEFEC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FFEFEC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(255, 239, 236); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(9, 100%, 96%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FFEFEC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(255, 239, 236, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FFEFEC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(255, 239, 236, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #FFEFEC

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #EBFCFF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #FFEFEC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FFEFEC

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:

How #FFEFEC looks with color blindness

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

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:

Palettes with a similar color

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

Similar colors

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

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FFEFEB  ·  #FFEFED →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FFEFEC?

#FFEFEC is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 255, 239, 236). Its closest standard named color is SeaShell.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FFEFEC?

#FFEFEC is RGB 255, 239, 236 — HSL 9°, 100%, 96% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 7%, 0%.

What colors go with #FFEFEC?

Its complement is #EBFCFF; analogous partners are #FFEBF2 and #FFF8EB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FFEFEC for text?

Black text on #FFEFEC has a contrast ratio of 18.81:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.12:1.