#F3CBCA is a muted, warm red-orange. On the Color Lab it reads 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 #F3CBCA works with other colors. Named schemes with #F3CBCA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Rose Quartz 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 Rose Quartz as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Rose Quartz 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.
Rose Quartz opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Rose Quartz 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 Rose Quartz carrying the quiet middle.
How #F3CBCA 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 #F3CBCA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F3CBCA;
--color-base-rgb: 243 203 202;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(87.6% 0.045 19.7);
--color-50: #FDF2F2;
--color-100: #F8DDDD;
--color-200: #F0BDBD;
--color-300: #E0908F;
--color-400: #CD6765;
--color-500: #B24543;
--color-600: #883B3A;
--color-700: #612F2E;
--color-800: #402221;
--color-900: #271616;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
rose-quartz: {
50: '#FDF2F2',
100: '#F8DDDD',
200: '#F0BDBD',
300: '#E0908F',
400: '#CD6765',
500: '#B24543',
600: '#883B3A',
700: '#612F2E',
800: '#402221',
900: '#271616',
},
}
$base: #F3CBCA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF2F2; $base-100: #F8DDDD; $base-200: #F0BDBD; $base-300: #E0908F; $base-400: #CD6765; $base-500: #B24543; $base-600: #883B3A; $base-700: #612F2E; $base-800: #402221; $base-900: #271616; $base-hover: #E28281; $base-subtle: #FAF0F0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F3CBCA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8DDDD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F0BDBD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E0908F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CD6765",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B24543",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#883B3A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#612F2E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#402221",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#271616",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}