#F9E4EC 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 #F9E4EC works with other colors. Named schemes with #F9E4EC 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.
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 keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal 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.
Misty Rose sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
How #F9E4EC 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 #F9E4EC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #F9E4EC;
--color-base-rgb: 249 228 236;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.8% 0.025 352.5);
--color-50: #FDF2F6;
--color-100: #F8DDE7;
--color-200: #F0BCD0;
--color-300: #E18EAE;
--color-400: #CE648D;
--color-500: #B3426D;
--color-600: #893958;
--color-700: #612E41;
--color-800: #40212D;
--color-900: #27161D;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FDF2F6',
100: '#F8DDE7',
200: '#F0BCD0',
300: '#E18EAE',
400: '#CE648D',
500: '#B3426D',
600: '#893958',
700: '#612E41',
800: '#40212D',
900: '#27161D',
},
}
$base: #F9E4EC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF2F6; $base-100: #F8DDE7; $base-200: #F0BCD0; $base-300: #E18EAE; $base-400: #CE648D; $base-500: #B3426D; $base-600: #893958; $base-700: #612E41; $base-800: #40212D; $base-900: #27161D; $base-hover: #E897B6; $base-subtle: #FDF8FA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#F9E4EC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F8DDE7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F0BCD0",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E18EAE",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#CE648D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B3426D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#893958",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#612E41",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#40212D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#27161D",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}