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Ruby Mist Pure
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Ruby Mist Pure

Red · Hue 10
Metrics
S 92% · L 90%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.3:1Failon black15.7:1AA
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About this color

Ruby Mist Pure (#FDD6CE) belongs to the red family — hue 10°, 92% saturation, 90% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-ruby-mist-pure: #FDD6CE;
  --colorarchive-ruby-mist-pure-hsl: hsl(10, 92%, 90%);
  --colorarchive-ruby-mist-pure-rgb: rgb(253, 214, 206);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

TenderRomanticGentle
Common in

Beauty · Wedding · Healthcare

Pairs well with

Soft neutrals (warm gray, cream) or muted greens for balance

Design tip

Use as a background for emotional storytelling or as an accent in healthcare and wellness brands to convey warmth without intensity.

Cultural context ▶

In many cultures, light reds and pinks symbolize love, tenderness, and new beginnings. In Japan, sakura pink represents the ephemeral beauty of life.

Color Origins

Red family

Among the oldest pigments, and still the loudest signal.

Heritage

Red ochre is among the oldest pigments in the human visual record. Ochre reds lie beside burials at Qafzeh, Israel, about 100,000 years old; red ochre and costly cinnabar lit Pompeian walls; cinnabar was prized from Rome to China. Madder, kermes, and later New World cochineal built fortunes before synthetic alizarin arrived in 1869 and collapsed the madder market almost overnight.

Across cultures

In China red signals fortune and weddings, painted on doors and lanterns and given in money envelopes. In much of South Asia red is the bridal color (saris, sindoor) for the same reason. Western traditions split red between love (Valentine's) and danger (stoplights, balance sheets). Across the Christian liturgy red marks martyrdom and Pentecost; across cinema it has long marked the femme fatale.

In the wild

Coca-Cola has used red since its earliest signage. Netflix and YouTube both build their identities around a single saturated red. Christian Louboutin trademarked a single red — Pantone 18-1663 — on the soles of his shoes. Ferrari's racing red began as the Italian national racing color (Rosso Corsa). Emergency stop buttons are red on a yellow background under international machinery-safety standards, a convention so widespread it functions as international iconography.

How it reads

Red advances. On a page it draws the eye first; in a UI it implies destructive action or urgent state. Increasing saturation pushes it toward warning; reducing saturation moves it toward earthen, terra-cotta, comfort. Pairing red with white reads as energetic and consumer-facing; pairing it with black reads cinematic and luxurious; pairing it with cream reads as heritage or hospitality.

This particular tone

An almost luminous high-key tone — at this saturation and brightness, the color borders on neon. Use sparingly; it overpowers most companions.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: At this saturation the color is doing work. It reads as a brand statement, a sport accessory, or a UI signal. It should be used in small, deliberate doses against quieter neighbors; large fields at this saturation will exhaust the eye.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #FDD6CE.

  • Glossierprimary
    Glossier Pink · #F8D6CD
    →
  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →
  • Anthropicneutral
    Light Gray · #E8E6DC
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #FDD6CE.

  • Italy (Tuscany)Tuscan Cream
    #EDDFC6 · Travertine limestone
    →
  • EgyptLinen Cream
    #EDE0C8 · Bleached Nile flax
    →
  • Korea (Obangsaek)Hanji Cream
    #EAE0CB · Mulberry-fiber Korean paper
    →

Color guides

Go deeper on using red and color in design.

UI DesignColor in Financial UI: Trust, Data Visualization, and the Red/Green ConventionColor TheoryWarm Color Palette Guide: Reds, Oranges, Yellows, and Their NeutralsDesign SystemsNaming Colors in Design Systems: Semantic vs. Scale vs. Primitive

Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Ruby Whisper Pure
#FEE6E2 · hsl(10, 92%, 94%)
Darker companion
Ruby Pearl Pure
#FCBDB1 · hsl(10, 92%, 84%)
Complementary counterpoint
Cerulean Mist Pure
#CEF5FD · hsl(190, 92%, 90%)
Analogous lead
Coral Mist Pure
#FDE6CE · hsl(30, 92%, 90%)
Analogous echo
Merlot Mist Pure
#FDCED6 · hsl(350, 92%, 90%)
Triadic +120°
Mint Mist Pure
#CEFDD6 · hsl(130, 92%, 90%)
Triadic +240°
Violet Mist Pure
#D6CEFD · hsl(250, 92%, 90%)
Split-comp +150°
Teal Mist Pure
#CEFDED · hsl(160, 92%, 90%)
Split-comp +210°
Cobalt Mist Pure
#CEDEFD · hsl(220, 92%, 90%)
Export preview
Base: Ruby Mist Pure #FDD6CE
Lighter companion: Ruby Whisper Pure #FEE6E2
Darker companion: Ruby Pearl Pure #FCBDB1
Complementary counterpoint: Cerulean Mist Pure #CEF5FD
Analogous lead: Coral Mist Pure #FDE6CE
Analogous echo: Merlot Mist Pure #FDCED6
Triadic +120°: Mint Mist Pure #CEFDD6
Triadic +240°: Violet Mist Pure #D6CEFD
Split-comp +150°: Teal Mist Pure #CEFDED
Split-comp +210°: Cobalt Mist Pure #CEDEFD

Compare

See how Ruby Mist Pure compares side by side with related colors.

vsRuby Whisper PurevsRuby Pearl PurevsCerulean Mist PurevsCoral Mist PurevsMerlot Mist PurevsMint Mist Pure

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Ruby Whisper Pure
#FEE6E2 · hsl(10, 92%, 94%)
Nearby match
Ruby Mist Bright
#FBD7D0 · hsl(10, 84%, 90%)
Nearby match
Ruby Pearl Pure
#FCBDB1 · hsl(10, 92%, 84%)
Nearby match
Scarlet Mist Pure
#FDD2CE · hsl(5, 92%, 90%)
Nearby match
Vermillion Mist Pure
#FDDACE · hsl(15, 92%, 90%)
Nearby match
Ruby Veil Pure
#FFF7F5 · hsl(10, 92%, 98%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA9.2:1
Cerulean Nocturne Faint
#2E3638
AAA9:1
Cerulean Nocturne Muted
#2A393C
AAA8.7:1
Cerulean Nocturne Dust
#263C40
AAA8.4:1
Cerulean Nocturne Soft
#223F44
AAA7.8:1
Cerulean Nocturne Clear
#17454F
AAA7.1:1
Cerulean Nocturne Vivid
#0D4C59

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#EFF2D0
Protanopia
#EDEDD0
Tritanopia
#FBD2D2
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Ruby Mist Faint#E8E4E3 · hsl(10, 10%, 90%)Ruby Mist Muted#EAE2E1 · hsl(10, 18%, 90%)Ruby Mist Dust#ECE1DF · hsl(10, 26%, 90%)Ruby Mist Soft#EEE0DD · hsl(10, 34%, 90%)Ruby Mist Clear#F3DCD8 · hsl(10, 54%, 90%)Ruby Mist Vivid#F8D9D3 · hsl(10, 74%, 90%)Ruby Mist Bright#FBD7D0 · hsl(10, 84%, 90%)Ruby Mist Pure#FDD6CE · hsl(10, 92%, 90%)
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