#F9DEE2 is a pale, temperate off-white. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, 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 #F9DEE2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #F9DEE2 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.
This palette keeps Misty Rose as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Misty Rose 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.
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 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 #F9DEE2 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 #F9DEE2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F9DEE2;
--color-base-rgb: 249 222 226;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.4% 0.030 7.5);
--color-50: #FDF2F3;
--color-100: #F9DCE0;
--color-200: #F2BAC3;
--color-300: #E48B98;
--color-400: #D26071;
--color-500: #B73E50;
--color-600: #8C3643;
--color-700: #632C34;
--color-800: #412025;
--color-900: #281518;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FDF2F3',
100: '#F9DCE0',
200: '#F2BAC3',
300: '#E48B98',
400: '#D26071',
500: '#B73E50',
600: '#8C3643',
700: '#632C34',
800: '#412025',
900: '#281518',
},
}
$base: #F9DEE2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF2F3; $base-100: #F9DCE0; $base-200: #F2BAC3; $base-300: #E48B98; $base-400: #D26071; $base-500: #B73E50; $base-600: #8C3643; $base-700: #632C34; $base-800: #412025; $base-900: #281518; $base-hover: #EA8D9B; $base-subtle: #FCF6F7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F9DEE2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9DCE0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F2BAC3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E48B98",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D26071",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B73E50",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8C3643",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#632C34",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#412025",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#281518",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}