#F2DBE4 is a pale, temperate off-white. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, restrained and easy to live with. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #F2DBE4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F2DBE4 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Pastel Pink sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Pastel Pink opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Pastel Pink keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Pastel Pink is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Pastel Pink carrying the quiet middle.
Pastel Pink sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
How #F2DBE4 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #F2DBE4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F2DBE4;
--color-base-rgb: 242 219 228;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(91.3% 0.028 352.0);
--color-50: #FBF3F6;
--color-100: #F5E0E8;
--color-200: #E9C3D2;
--color-300: #D699B1;
--color-400: #C07290;
--color-500: #A45171;
--color-600: #7E445A;
--color-700: #5A3443;
--color-800: #3C252E;
--color-900: #25181D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pastel-pink: {
50: '#FBF3F6',
100: '#F5E0E8',
200: '#E9C3D2',
300: '#D699B1',
400: '#C07290',
500: '#A45171',
600: '#7E445A',
700: '#5A3443',
800: '#3C252E',
900: '#25181D',
},
}
$base: #F2DBE4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBF3F6; $base-100: #F5E0E8; $base-200: #E9C3D2; $base-300: #D699B1; $base-400: #C07290; $base-500: #A45171; $base-600: #7E445A; $base-700: #5A3443; $base-800: #3C252E; $base-900: #25181D; $base-hover: #D996B0; $base-subtle: #FAF5F7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F2DBE4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF3F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5E0E8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E9C3D2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D699B1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C07290",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A45171",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7E445A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5A3443",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3C252E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#25181D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}