#F5DFEB 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 #F5DFEB works with other colors. Named schemes with #F5DFEB 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 #F5DFEB 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 #F5DFEB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F5DFEB;
--color-base-rgb: 245 223 235;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.5% 0.029 343.6);
--color-50: #FCF3F8;
--color-100: #F6DFEC;
--color-200: #EBC1D8;
--color-300: #D996BB;
--color-400: #C46E9D;
--color-500: #A84D7F;
--color-600: #814164;
--color-700: #5C3249;
--color-800: #3D2432;
--color-900: #26181F;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FCF3F8',
100: '#F6DFEC',
200: '#EBC1D8',
300: '#D996BB',
400: '#C46E9D',
500: '#A84D7F',
600: '#814164',
700: '#5C3249',
800: '#3D2432',
900: '#26181F',
},
}
$base: #F5DFEB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FCF3F8; $base-100: #F6DFEC; $base-200: #EBC1D8; $base-300: #D996BB; $base-400: #C46E9D; $base-500: #A84D7F; $base-600: #814164; $base-700: #5C3249; $base-800: #3D2432; $base-900: #26181F; $base-hover: #DF99BF; $base-subtle: #FBF6F9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F5DFEB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FCF3F8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F6DFEC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EBC1D8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D996BB",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C46E9D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A84D7F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#814164",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5C3249",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3D2432",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#26181F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}