#F8BBC4 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 #F8BBC4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F8BBC4 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 #F8BBC4 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 #F8BBC4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F8BBC4;
--color-base-rgb: 248 187 196;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(85.0% 0.071 8.9);
--color-50: #FEF1F3;
--color-100: #FCD9DE;
--color-200: #F7B5BF;
--color-300: #EC8393;
--color-400: #DC566A;
--color-500: #C23348;
--color-600: #932E3E;
--color-700: #682731;
--color-800: #441D23;
--color-900: #2A1417;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cherry-blossom: {
50: '#FEF1F3',
100: '#FCD9DE',
200: '#F7B5BF',
300: '#EC8393',
400: '#DC566A',
500: '#C23348',
600: '#932E3E',
700: '#682731',
800: '#441D23',
900: '#2A1417',
},
}
$base: #F8BBC4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF1F3; $base-100: #FCD9DE; $base-200: #F7B5BF; $base-300: #EC8393; $base-400: #DC566A; $base-500: #C23348; $base-600: #932E3E; $base-700: #682731; $base-800: #441D23; $base-900: #2A1417; $base-hover: #EF6B7F; $base-subtle: #FBECEF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F8BBC4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF1F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FCD9DE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F7B5BF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EC8393",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DC566A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C23348",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#932E3E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#682731",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#441D23",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A1417",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}