#F3BBDB is a soft, temperate rose. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #F3BBDB works with other colors. Named schemes with #F3BBDB in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Cherry Blossom 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.
This palette keeps Cherry Blossom as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Cherry Blossom anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Cherry Blossom opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Cherry Blossom 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 Cherry Blossom carrying the quiet middle.
How #F3BBDB 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 #F3BBDB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F3BBDB;
--color-base-rgb: 243 187 219;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(85.2% 0.076 343.6);
--color-50: #FDF1F8;
--color-100: #FADBED;
--color-200: #F3BADA;
--color-300: #E58ABE;
--color-400: #D35FA1;
--color-500: #B83D83;
--color-600: #8C3567;
--color-700: #642B4B;
--color-800: #412033;
--color-900: #281520;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cherry-blossom: {
50: '#FDF1F8',
100: '#FADBED',
200: '#F3BADA',
300: '#E58ABE',
400: '#D35FA1',
500: '#B83D83',
600: '#8C3567',
700: '#642B4B',
800: '#412033',
900: '#281520',
},
}
$base: #F3BBDB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF1F8; $base-100: #FADBED; $base-200: #F3BADA; $base-300: #E58ABE; $base-400: #D35FA1; $base-500: #B83D83; $base-600: #8C3567; $base-700: #642B4B; $base-800: #412033; $base-900: #281520; $base-hover: #E671B3; $base-subtle: #F9ECF4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F3BBDB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF1F8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FADBED",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F3BADA",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E58ABE",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D35FA1",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B83D83",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8C3567",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#642B4B",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#412033",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#281520",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}