CSS named color

Misty Rose #FFE4E1

The CSS keyword mistyrose is #FFE4E1. It is a pale grayish red in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.940, chroma 0.030 and hue 25.3°.

Relative luminance
0.8218
OKLCH L · C · h
0.940 · 0.030 · 25.3
Best text
Black 17.43:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#FFE4E1 color codes

HEX
#FFE4E1
RGB
rgb(255, 228, 225)
HSL
hsl(6, 100%, 94%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.940 0.030 25.3)
OKLab
oklab(0.940 0.027 0.013)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 92.66, a* 8.75, b* 4.84
XYZ (D65)
X 82.57, Y 82.18, Z 82.73
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 11%, 12%, 0%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #FFE4E1 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 17.43:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.20:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    17.43:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +93

  • White text on it

    1.20:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −11

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.20:1

  • As text on black

    17.43:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −94

  • As text on white

    1.20:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +10

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.20:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #88716E 4.53:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.94 to 0.57 reaches 4.53:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FFE4E1 17.43:1

    It already reaches 17.43:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #FFE4E1 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #FFE4E1

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFE4E1 sits at step 100.

  1. 50#FFF2F0
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.21
  2. 100This color#FFE4E1
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.43
  3. 200#E9D1CF
    White
    1.44
    Black
    14.48
  4. 300#CFB7B5
    White
    1.89
    Black
    11.09
  5. 400#B39B98
    White
    2.60
    Black
    8.05
  6. 500#98807D
    White
    3.67
    Black
    5.71
  7. 600#7F6866
    White
    5.15
    Black
    4.07
  8. 700#685250
    White
    7.21
    Black
    2.91
  9. 800#4E3A38
    White
    10.57
    Black
    1.98
  10. 900#342422
    White
    14.77
    Black
    1.42
  11. 950#1F1211
    White
    18.21
    Black
    1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #FFE4E1 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.030; #FFE4E1 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.039 there: 30% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.030
sRGB edge
0.030
Display P3 edge
0.039
Rec. 2020 edge
0.059
Dominant wavelength
600 nm
Excitation purity
7%
Chromaticity
x 0.3336, y 0.3321
  • This color#FFE4E1
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FFE4E1
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.940 0.039 25.3)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #ffe4e1;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.8905 0.8743); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FFE4E1

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#FFF2F0
  • OKLab50%#FFF1F0
  • OKLCH50%#FFF2F0

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#807271
  • OKLab50%#635856
  • OKLCH50%#635856

Its complement #D5F1F5

  • sRGB50%#EAEBEB
  • OKLab50%#EBEBEB
  • OKLCH50%#ECE7FD
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ffe4e1, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ffe4e1 50%, white);

In use

#FFE4E1 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:117.43:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.20:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.20:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.20:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #88716E 4.53:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:117.43:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:115.55:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:115.55:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:115.55:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FFE4E1 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 12.3; tritanopia changes it least, 2.6.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #E9E7E1 ΔE2000 11.1

    Distinct

    Reads as off-white

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #EFECE1 ΔE2000 12.3

    Distinct

    Reads as off-white

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FFE1E3 ΔE2000 2.6

    Close match

    Reads as pale grayish pink

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #EAEAEA ΔE2000 10.6

    Distinct

    Reads as off-white

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FFE4E1

Its complement is #D5F1F5, a pale grayish cyan.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#FFE4E1
  • Complement#D5F1F5

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#FDE3EC
  • Base#FFE4E1
  • +30°#FCE6D9

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FFE4E1
  • +120°#DFF1DF
  • +240°#E2EBFF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FFE4E1
  • +150°#D7F2EA
  • +210°#D9EFFD

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-mistyrose: #ffe4e1;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        mistyrose: '#ffe4e1',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-mistyrose: oklch(0.940 0.030 25.3);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "mistyrose": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.8941, 0.8824],
        "hex": "#ffe4e1"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color mistyrose"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let mistyrose = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.894, blue: 0.882, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Mistyrose = Color(0xFFFFE4E1)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #FFE4E1 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.