#F9CED2 is a muted, warm red. 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 #F9CED2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F9CED2 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Rose Quartz 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 Rose Quartz as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Rose Quartz 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.
Rose Quartz opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Rose Quartz 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 Rose Quartz carrying the quiet middle.
How #F9CED2 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 #F9CED2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F9CED2;
--color-base-rgb: 249 206 210;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(88.9% 0.049 11.8);
--color-50: #FEF1F2;
--color-100: #FBDADD;
--color-200: #F6B6BD;
--color-300: #EA858F;
--color-400: #DA5865;
--color-500: #BF3643;
--color-600: #91303A;
--color-700: #67282E;
--color-800: #431E21;
--color-900: #291416;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
rose-quartz: {
50: '#FEF1F2',
100: '#FBDADD',
200: '#F6B6BD',
300: '#EA858F',
400: '#DA5865',
500: '#BF3643',
600: '#91303A',
700: '#67282E',
800: '#431E21',
900: '#291416',
},
}
$base: #F9CED2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF1F2; $base-100: #FBDADD; $base-200: #F6B6BD; $base-300: #EA858F; $base-400: #DA5865; $base-500: #BF3643; $base-600: #91303A; $base-700: #67282E; $base-800: #431E21; $base-900: #291416; $base-hover: #EF7C88; $base-subtle: #FCF2F3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F9CED2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF1F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBDADD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F6B6BD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EA858F",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DA5865",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BF3643",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#91303A",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#67282E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#431E21",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291416",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}