Nearest-color comparison

Misty Rose vs Antique White

Misty Rose and Antique White are different red and orange colors with HEX values #FFE4E1 and #FAEBD7. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 13.2, their contrast ratio is 1.03:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Misty Rose and Antique White are very close colors. Antique White is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.03:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Misty Rose#FFE4E1

Antique White#FAEBD7

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Misty Rose and Antique White across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance13.2

Pair contrast1.03:1

Luminance delta0.0247

Hue delta28 deg

Lighter colorAntique White

More saturatedMisty Rose

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

red color

Misty Rose

Misty Rose is #FFE4E1, a warm red color with light and pastel character. Compared with Antique White, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FFE4E1 RGB255, 228, 225 HSL6, 100, 94 CMYK0, 11, 12, 0 Luminance0.8218 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Antique White

Antique White is #FAEBD7, a warm orange color with light and pastel character. Compared with Misty Rose, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FAEBD7 RGB250, 235, 215 HSL34, 78, 91 CMYK0, 6, 14, 2 Luminance0.8465 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Misty Rose or Antique White

Choose Misty RoseMisty Rose is better when the design needs light and pastel red character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFE4E1.

Choose Antique WhiteAntique White is better when the design needs light and pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FAEBD7.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyMisty RoseAntique White

HEX#FFE4E1#FAEBD7

RGB255, 228, 225250, 235, 215

HSL6, 100, 9434, 78, 91

CMYK0, 11, 12, 00, 6, 14, 2

FamilyRedOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneLight, PastelLight, Pastel

Luminance0.82180.8465

Black contrast17.44:117.93:1

White contrast1.2:11.17:1

Shared tonesLight, Pastel

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Misty Roseblack text - 17.44:1

Antique Whiteblack text - 17.93:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Misty Rose#FFE4E1

Antique White#FAEBD7

White#FFFFFF

#E0FCFF#E0FCFF

#D6E6FA#D6E6FA

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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    },
    "description": "Misty Rose is #FFE4E1, a warm red color with light and pastel character. Compared with Antique White, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/misty-rose/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "antique-white",
    "name": "Antique White",
    "hex": "#FAEBD7",
    "rgb": [
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    "family": "orange",
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    "tone": [
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    "contrast": {
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      "white": 1.17
    },
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    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 17.93
    },
    "description": "Antique White is #FAEBD7, a warm orange color with light and pastel character. Compared with Misty Rose, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/antique-white/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/antique-white.json"
  }
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Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 13.2,
  "contrastRatio": 1.03,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 28,
    "saturation": 22,
    "lightness": 3
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0247,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "light",
    "pastel"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Antique White",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Misty Rose"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.03,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Misty Rose",
      "background": "#FFE4E1",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 17.44
    },
    {
      "color": "Antique White",
      "background": "#FAEBD7",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 17.93
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Antique White is better when the design needs light and pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FAEBD7.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/antique-white.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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