#F5BCCE is a soft, warm red. It holds up as a large surface and is too pale to lead as a primary accent.
Not just a swatch — here's how #F5BCCE works with other colors. Named schemes with #F5BCCE 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 #F5BCCE 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 #F5BCCE at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F5BCCE;
--color-base-rgb: 245 188 206;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(85.2% 0.069 357.9);
--color-50: #FEF1F5;
--color-100: #FBDBE5;
--color-200: #F4B8CB;
--color-300: #E788A6;
--color-400: #D65C83;
--color-500: #BC3963;
--color-600: #8F3350;
--color-700: #652A3C;
--color-800: #421F2A;
--color-900: #29151B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cherry-blossom: {
50: '#FEF1F5',
100: '#FBDBE5',
200: '#F4B8CB',
300: '#E788A6',
400: '#D65C83',
500: '#BC3963',
600: '#8F3350',
700: '#652A3C',
800: '#421F2A',
900: '#29151B',
},
}
$base: #F5BCCE; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF1F5; $base-100: #FBDBE5; $base-200: #F4B8CB; $base-300: #E788A6; $base-400: #D65C83; $base-500: #BC3963; $base-600: #8F3350; $base-700: #652A3C; $base-800: #421F2A; $base-900: #29151B; $base-hover: #EA7197; $base-subtle: #FAEDF1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F5BCCE",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF1F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBDBE5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F4B8CB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E788A6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D65C83",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BC3963",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8F3350",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#652A3C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#421F2A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#29151B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}