#F6E5E5 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 #F6E5E5 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F6E5E5 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 #F6E5E5 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 #F6E5E5 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F6E5E5;
--color-base-rgb: 246 229 229;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.5% 0.019 17.5);
--color-50: #FBF3F3;
--color-100: #F5E0E0;
--color-200: #EAC2C2;
--color-300: #D79898;
--color-400: #C27070;
--color-500: #A64F4F;
--color-600: #7F4242;
--color-700: #5B3434;
--color-800: #3C2525;
--color-900: #251818;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FBF3F3',
100: '#F5E0E0',
200: '#EAC2C2',
300: '#D79898',
400: '#C27070',
500: '#A64F4F',
600: '#7F4242',
700: '#5B3434',
800: '#3C2525',
900: '#251818',
},
}
$base: #F6E5E5; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FBF3F3; $base-100: #F5E0E0; $base-200: #EAC2C2; $base-300: #D79898; $base-400: #C27070; $base-500: #A64F4F; $base-600: #7F4242; $base-700: #5B3434; $base-800: #3C2525; $base-900: #251818; $base-hover: #DE9E9E; $base-subtle: #FCF8F8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F6E5E5",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FBF3F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F5E0E0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#EAC2C2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#D79898",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#C27070",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#A64F4F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#7F4242",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#5B3434",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#3C2525",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#251818",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}