Inspect MistyRose (#FFE4E1) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.
MistyRose
#FFE4E1
Black text reads best on this background, at 17.44:1.
MistyRose is one of the 148 CSS named colors, and resolves to #FFE4E1 in every browser. In numbers that is rgb(255, 228, 225) and hsl(6, 100%, 94%). Perceptually it is a very light, near-neutral color: OKLCH puts its lightness at 94% and its chroma at 0.03. It carries almost no chroma, so it behaves as a neutral rather than as a hue, and belongs with the off-whites.
White text only reaches 1.2:1 here, so black text is the safer pairing at 17.44:1. Because it is this light, MistyRose works best as a page or card background with dark text over it.
The closest CSS named colors to MistyRose, measured with CIEDE2000, are LavenderBlush (#FFF0F5), SeaShell (#FFF5EE), Linen (#FAF0E6). If MistyRose is not quite right, those are the nearest keywords to try before reaching for a custom value.
HEX
#FFE4E1
RGB
rgb(255, 228, 225)
HSL
hsl(6, 100%, 94%)
HWB
hwb(6 88% 0%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 11%, 12%, 0%)
LAB
lab(92.76 9.2 5.03)
LCH
lch(92.76 10.48 28.64)
OKLCH
oklch(94% 0.0301 25.28)
WCAG asks for 4.5:1 between body text and its background. On #FFE4E1 white text measures 1.2:1 and black text 17.44:1, so black clears it and white does not.
White text on MistyRose
WCAG 2.2
1.2:1
APCA
Lc 11
Fails AA body text
Fails AAA body text
Fails AA large text
Black text on MistyRose
WCAG 2.2
17.44:1
APCA
Lc 93
Passes AA body text
Passes AAA body text
Passes AA large text
Check MistyRose against any other color in the contrast checker.
MistyRose sits at 94% OKLCH lightness. Holding its hue and chroma and moving only that value carries it down to #0F0202, which keeps the family recognizable instead of letting it drift toward gray the way a plain HSL ramp does.
#C9AFAC
20% darker
#957D7B
40% darker
#654F4C
60% darker
#372422
80% darker
#0F0202
100% darker
Build a full accessible scale from #FFE4E1 in the shade generator.
Hues rotated around #FFE4E1 in OKLCH, then pulled back into the sRGB gamut. Each swatch is labelled with the nearest CSS named color so you have a keyword to start from.
MistyRose sits at 25 degrees. Rotating it a half turn lands on 205 degrees, the hue directly opposite. It is the strongest pairing you can make without changing lightness, and the one most likely to vibrate if you use both at full chroma.
The neighbors of MistyRose at 355 and 55 degrees. They stay close enough to read as the same family, which is what you want for hover states, secondary surfaces and gradients.
25, 145 and 265 degrees divide the wheel into thirds. Balanced enough to carry a whole palette without one color dominating the other two.
Instead of the complement at 205 degrees, this pair flanks it at 175 and 235. You keep most of the contrast of a complementary pairing while losing the harshness.
Explore more combinations around MistyRose on the color wheel.
The biggest shift is under deuteranopia, where #FFE4E1 reads as #EFEBE1, 11.4 CIEDE2000 units away. If MistyRose is the only thing marking a state or a series, roughly one viewer in twelve will miss it.
Protanopia
#E9E7E1
Deuteranopia
#EFEBE1
Tritanopia
#FFE1E3
Achromatopsia
#EAEAEA
The nearest CSS keywords to #FFE4E1, ranked by perceptual distance rather than by how close their hex digits happen to look.