#F5E5E4 is a light neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. 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 #F5E5E4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F5E5E4 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 is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Misty Rose.
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.
How #F5E5E4 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 #F5E5E4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F5E5E4;
--color-base-rgb: 245 229 228;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.4% 0.018 21.8);
--color-50: #FBF4F3;
--color-100: #F5E2E1;
--color-200: #E9C6C4;
--color-300: #D59E9A;
--color-400: #BF7873;
--color-500: #A35752;
--color-600: #7E4844;
--color-700: #5A3735;
--color-800: #3C2725;
--color-900: #251918;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FBF4F3',
100: '#F5E2E1',
200: '#E9C6C4',
300: '#D59E9A',
400: '#BF7873',
500: '#A35752',
600: '#7E4844',
700: '#5A3735',
800: '#3C2725',
900: '#251918',
},
}
$base: #F5E5E4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBF4F3; $base-100: #F5E2E1; $base-200: #E9C6C4; $base-300: #D59E9A; $base-400: #BF7873; $base-500: #A35752; $base-600: #7E4844; $base-700: #5A3735; $base-800: #3C2725; $base-900: #251918; $base-hover: #DCA4A0; $base-subtle: #FCF8F8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F5E5E4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF4F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5E2E1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#E9C6C4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D59E9A",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#BF7873",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A35752",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7E4844",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5A3735",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3C2725",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#251918",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}