#F4BBD5 is a soft, warm red. 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 #F4BBD5 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F4BBD5 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 #F4BBD5 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 #F4BBD5 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F4BBD5;
--color-base-rgb: 244 187 213;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(85.1% 0.073 349.7);
--color-50: #FDF1F7;
--color-100: #FADBE9;
--color-200: #F3B9D3;
--color-300: #E689B3;
--color-400: #D55D93;
--color-500: #BA3B74;
--color-600: #8E345C;
--color-700: #642A44;
--color-800: #421F2F;
--color-900: #28151E;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cherry-blossom: {
50: '#FDF1F7',
100: '#FADBE9',
200: '#F3B9D3',
300: '#E689B3',
400: '#D55D93',
500: '#BA3B74',
600: '#8E345C',
700: '#642A44',
800: '#421F2F',
900: '#28151E',
},
}
$base: #F4BBD5; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF1F7; $base-100: #FADBE9; $base-200: #F3B9D3; $base-300: #E689B3; $base-400: #D55D93; $base-500: #BA3B74; $base-600: #8E345C; $base-700: #642A44; $base-800: #421F2F; $base-900: #28151E; $base-hover: #E873A8; $base-subtle: #FAEDF3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F4BBD5",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF1F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FADBE9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F3B9D3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E689B3",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D55D93",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BA3B74",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8E345C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#642A44",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#421F2F",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#28151E",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}