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#fef4f1

a pale, electric red · warm · closest name: Sea Shell

Token name suggestion: Frost Ember

RGB
254, 244, 241
HSL
14°, 87%, 97%
CMYK
0, 4, 5, 0
Luminance
0.9212

#fef4f1 is a pale electric red, 14° on the wheel and 9/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (19.42:1). As text it scores 1.08:1 on white — use #D73D0F instead. Nearest name is Sea Shell, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(14 87% 97%)rgb(254 244 241)Base step 50AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #fef4f1 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#fef4f1
Hue
14°
red
Saturation
87%
electric
Lightness
97%
pale
Brightness
100%
HSV value
Perceived
97%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.9212
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
9/100 cool
Color family
Red
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
19.42:1
Closest name
Sea Shell
ΔE2000 2
Chroma
3.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.974
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 30.8
Web-safe
#FFFFFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue14° of 360°
Saturation87%
Lightness97%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #fef4f1.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool9% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red23%
Green70%
Blue7%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#fef4f1
HEX (8-digit)#fef4f1ff
RGBrgb(254, 244, 241)
RGBArgba(254, 244, 241, 1)
HSLhsl(14, 87%, 97%)
HSV / HSBhsv(14, 5%, 100%)
HWBhwb(14 95% 0%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4%, 5%, 0%)
LABlab(96.9 2.8 2.6)
LCHlch(96.9 3.9 42.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.974 0.011 37.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(89.10, 92.12, 96.29)
Decimal16708849
Display P3color(display-p3 0.996 0.957 0.945)
Web-safe#FFFFFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #fef4f1;
background-color: #fef4f1;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #fef4f1;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#fef4f1] bg-[#fef4f1]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #fef4f1;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.996, green: 0.957, blue: 0.945)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.996, green: 0.957, blue: 0.945, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#FEF4F1</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFFEF4F1)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFFEF4F1)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(241, 244, 254)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(254, 244, 241)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(254, 244, 241)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 254, 244, 241)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9961f, 0.9569f, 0.9451f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{254,244,241}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #fef4f1 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #fef4f1 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#772208, #EED9D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #fef4f1 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #fef4f1;
  --brand-100: #FAEAE5;
  --brand-200: #F7D0C4;
  --brand-300: #F8AD96;
  --brand-400: #F48362;
  --brand-500: #F05A2E;
  --brand-600: #E54110;
  --brand-700: #BE360E;
  --brand-800: #982B0B;
  --brand-900: #6E230C;
  --brand-950: #451608;
  --brand: #fef4f1;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF6F4;
  --brand-border: #EDCAC0;
  --brand-hover: #FCDAD0;
  --brand-pressed: #F9C0AF;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241814;
    --brand-ink: #EED9D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#fef4f1',
        100: '#FAEAE5',
        200: '#F7D0C4',
        300: '#F8AD96',
        400: '#F48362',
        500: '#F05A2E',
        600: '#E54110',
        700: '#BE360E',
        800: '#982B0B',
        900: '#6E230C',
        950: '#451608',
        DEFAULT: '#fef4f1',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #fef4f1,
  '100': #FAEAE5,
  '200': #F7D0C4,
  '300': #F8AD96,
  '400': #F48362,
  '500': #F05A2E,
  '600': #E54110,
  '700': #BE360E,
  '800': #982B0B,
  '900': #6E230C,
  '950': #451608,
);
$brand-base: #fef4f1;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#fef4f1", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FAEAE5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F7D0C4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F8AD96", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F48362", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F05A2E", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E54110", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#BE360E", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#982B0B", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#6E230C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#451608", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #fef4f1 · 19.42:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.08:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 19.42:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #fef4f1 as text scores 1.08:1 on white and 19.42:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #772208 at 9.63:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#D73D0F · 4.60:1
AA on white−52% L
#D73D0F
The quick fox
#A22E0C · 7.16:1
AAA on white−63% L
#A22E0C
The quick fox
#fef4f1 · 19.42:1
AA on blackalready passes
#fef4f1
The quick fox
#fef4f1 · 19.42:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#fef4f1

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #F16A41 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#fef4f1 on white: 1.08:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#fef4f1 on black: 19.42:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #fef4f1 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #fef4f1.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.08:1AaAa
Slate 501.03:1AaAa
Slate 1001.01:1AaAa
Slate 2001.14:1AaAa
Slate 3001.37:1AaAa
Slate 4002.37:1AaAa
Slate 5004.40:1AaAa
Slate 6007.01:1AaAa
Slate 7009.58:1AaAa
Slate 80013.53:1AaAa
Slate 90016.51:1AaAa
Black19.42:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F6F5F1
deuteranopia · #F8F7F1
tritanopia · #FFF3F3

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #fef4f1 is pinned to step 50; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#fef4f1
#FAEAE5
#F7D0C4
#F8AD96
#F48362
#F05A2E
#E54110
#BE360E
#982B0B
#6E230C
#451608
Base = 50Lightest = 50 · #fef4f1Darkest = 950 · #451608Text step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.003 37.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.005 37.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.007 37.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.009 37.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.011 37.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.011 37.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.011 37.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.011 37.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.010 37.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.008 37.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.006 37.4);
}

Colors that work with #fef4f1

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF6F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDCAC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B5D4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#0EBEBE
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#772208
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FDECE7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241814
Dark-mode background
Hover#FCDAD0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#F9C0AF
Two steps down
Disabled#F7F4F3
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#FEE0D7
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #fef4f1

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #772208
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #F16A41

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

urgentappetisingboldphysical

Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

It is also the universal error colour. Use it as a brand accent and users may read a warning that is not there.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight3/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#F1FBFE
Analogous left#FEF1F5
Analogous right#FEFBF1
Split-complement 1#F1FEFB
Split-complement 2#F1F5FE
Triadic 1#F1FEF4
Triadic 2#F4F1FE
Tetradic#F5FEF1
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°14°

#fef4f1 sits at 14°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red99.6%
Green95.7%
Blue94.5%
R · 0–255
254
0xfe
G · 0–255
244
0xf4
B · 0–255
241
0xf1

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta3.9%
Yellow5.1%
Key (black)0.4%

Total ink coverage is 9%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#fef4f1 text on a black background

contrast 19.42:1

Card sample

#fef4f1 text on a white background

contrast 1.08:1

Card sample

#fef4f1 on grey

1.01:1

#fef4f1 on its own surface

1.01:1

#fef4f1 on its dark surface

15.98:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #fef4f1;
Background color
Panel with #fef4f1 background
background-color: #fef4f1;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #fef4f1;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(254, 244, 241, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(254, 244, 241, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #fef4f1;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fef4f1, #FEFDF1);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fef4f1, #FCFEF1);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #fef4f1;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #fef4f1;
caret-color: #fef4f1;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #fef4f1;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FDECE7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #fef4f1;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#fef4f1 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #fef4f1 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(254, 244, 241, 0.5)
rgb(254 244 241 / 50%)
#fef4f180
hsl(14 87% 97% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #fef4f1 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#fef4f11a#FFFEFE
20%#fef4f133#FFFDFC
40%#fef4f166#FFFBF9
60%#fef4f199#FEF8F7
80%#fef4f1cc#FEF6F4

Gradients from #fef4f1

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEF0EC, #fef4f1 45%, #772208);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #fef4f1, #FCFBD5);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fef4f1, #F1FBFE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FEF4F1 0%, #fef4f1 45%, #772208 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF6F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #772208 0%, transparent 65%), #fef4f1;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #fef4f1

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#fef4f1 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
Food and drinkEntertainmentRetailSport
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 19.42:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#fef4f1, answered

What color is #fef4f1?

#fef4f1 is a pale electric red, closest to Sea Shell (ΔE2000 2). It sits at 14° on the hue wheel with 87% saturation and 97% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #fef4f1?

rgb(254, 244, 241) — 254 red, 244 green and 241 blue out of 255, or 99.6% / 95.7% / 94.5% by channel.

What is #fef4f1 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(14, 87%, 97%) and hsv(14, 5%, 100%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #fef4f1 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.9212 and perceived brightness is 97%, so black text on it reaches 19.42:1.

Should I use black or white text on #fef4f1?

Black. It scores 19.42:1 against #fef4f1, versus 1.08:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #fef4f1 accessible on a white background?

#fef4f1 on white scores 1.08:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #D73D0F to reach 4.5:1, or #A22E0C for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #fef4f1?

#F1FBFE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F1FEFB and #F1F5FE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #fef4f1?

For interface work: #FAF6F4 as the surface, #EDCAC0 for borders, #9B5D4B for secondary text, #0EBEBE as an accent and #772208 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #FEF1F5 and #FEFBF1 stays calm, while #F1FBFE is the loudest partner.

What is #fef4f1 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 4%, 5%, 0%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #fef4f1 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 9 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #FEF6F1; nudged cooler, #FEF1F2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #fef4f1?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 30.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #fef4f1 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #fef4f1 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#fef4f1] or text-[#fef4f1], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #fef4f1 with 50% opacity?

rgba(254, 244, 241, 0.5), or #fef4f180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FFFAF8; over black, #7F7A79.

Is #fef4f1 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFFFF, ΔE2000 4.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #fef4f1 mean?

As a red, it reads urgent, appetising, bold. Red arrives before the rest of the page does. It raises attention and appetite, which is why it runs food, sport and clearance pricing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #fef4f1?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #FEF0EC, #fef4f1 45%, #772208). For more colour, a short hue run to #FCFBD5 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #fef4f1 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #fef4f1 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.