#F8BBCC 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 #F8BBCC works with other colors. Named schemes with #F8BBCC 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 #F8BBCC 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 #F8BBCC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F8BBCC;
--color-base-rgb: 248 187 204;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(85.2% 0.073 0.4);
--color-50: #FEF1F4;
--color-100: #FCD9E3;
--color-200: #F7B5C8;
--color-300: #EC83A1;
--color-400: #DC567C;
--color-500: #C2335C;
--color-600: #932E4B;
--color-700: #682739;
--color-800: #441D28;
--color-900: #2A141A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cherry-blossom: {
50: '#FEF1F4',
100: '#FCD9E3',
200: '#F7B5C8',
300: '#EC83A1',
400: '#DC567C',
500: '#C2335C',
600: '#932E4B',
700: '#682739',
800: '#441D28',
900: '#2A141A',
},
}
$base: #F8BBCC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF1F4; $base-100: #FCD9E3; $base-200: #F7B5C8; $base-300: #EC83A1; $base-400: #DC567C; $base-500: #C2335C; $base-600: #932E4B; $base-700: #682739; $base-800: #441D28; $base-900: #2A141A; $base-hover: #EF6B91; $base-subtle: #FBECF0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F8BBCC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF1F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FCD9E3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F7B5C8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EC83A1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DC567C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C2335C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#932E4B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#682739",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#441D28",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A141A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}