#F5DDE4 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 #F5DDE4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F5DDE4 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Misty Rose 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.
Misty Rose opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Misty Rose keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Misty Rose 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 Misty Rose carrying the quiet middle.
Misty Rose sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
How #F5DDE4 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 #F5DDE4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F5DDE4;
--color-base-rgb: 245 221 228;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(91.9% 0.028 358.0);
--color-50: #FCF3F5;
--color-100: #F6DFE5;
--color-200: #EDC0CD;
--color-300: #DB94A8;
--color-400: #C76B85;
--color-500: #AB4A65;
--color-600: #833F52;
--color-700: #5E313E;
--color-800: #3E232B;
--color-900: #26171B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FCF3F5',
100: '#F6DFE5',
200: '#EDC0CD',
300: '#DB94A8',
400: '#C76B85',
500: '#AB4A65',
600: '#833F52',
700: '#5E313E',
800: '#3E232B',
900: '#26171B',
},
}
$base: #F5DDE4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF3F5; $base-100: #F6DFE5; $base-200: #EDC0CD; $base-300: #DB94A8; $base-400: #C76B85; $base-500: #AB4A65; $base-600: #833F52; $base-700: #5E313E; $base-800: #3E232B; $base-900: #26171B; $base-hover: #E093A9; $base-subtle: #FBF5F7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F5DDE4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF3F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F6DFE5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EDC0CD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#DB94A8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C76B85",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#AB4A65",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#833F52",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5E313E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3E232B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#26171B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}