MistyRose color

Inspect MistyRose (#FFE4E1) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.

#ffe4e1

MistyRose

MistyRose color values

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)

Is MistyRose accessible?

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.

Tints and shades of MistyRose

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.

Shades, toward black

#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.

Colors that go with MistyRose

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.

Complementary

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.

Analogous

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.

Triadic

25, 145 and 265 degrees divide the wheel into thirds. Balanced enough to carry a whole palette without one color dominating the other two.

Split complementary

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.

How MistyRose looks with color blindness

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

Colors similar to MistyRose

The nearest CSS keywords to #FFE4E1, ranked by perceptual distance rather than by how close their hex digits happen to look.