#F9CED7 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 #F9CED7 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F9CED7 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Pastel Pink 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 Pastel Pink as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Pastel Pink 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.
Pastel Pink opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Pastel Pink 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 Pastel Pink carrying the quiet middle.
How #F9CED7 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 #F9CED7 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F9CED7;
--color-base-rgb: 249 206 215;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(89.1% 0.050 4.0);
--color-50: #FEF1F4;
--color-100: #FBDAE1;
--color-200: #F6B6C4;
--color-300: #EA859B;
--color-400: #DA5874;
--color-500: #BF3653;
--color-600: #913045;
--color-700: #672836;
--color-800: #431E26;
--color-900: #291419;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pastel-pink: {
50: '#FEF1F4',
100: '#FBDAE1',
200: '#F6B6C4',
300: '#EA859B',
400: '#DA5874',
500: '#BF3653',
600: '#913045',
700: '#672836',
800: '#431E26',
900: '#291419',
},
}
$base: #F9CED7; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF1F4; $base-100: #FBDAE1; $base-200: #F6B6C4; $base-300: #EA859B; $base-400: #DA5874; $base-500: #BF3653; $base-600: #913045; $base-700: #672836; $base-800: #431E26; $base-900: #291419; $base-hover: #EF7C95; $base-subtle: #FCF2F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F9CED7",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF1F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBDAE1",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F6B6C4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EA859B",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DA5874",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BF3653",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#913045",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#672836",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#431E26",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291419",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}