#FAD1D5 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 #FAD1D5 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAD1D5 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 #FAD1D5 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 #FAD1D5 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAD1D5;
--color-base-rgb: 250 209 213;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(89.7% 0.046 11.4);
--color-50: #FEF1F2;
--color-100: #FCD9DD;
--color-200: #F7B6BC;
--color-300: #EB848E;
--color-400: #DB5764;
--color-500: #C13442;
--color-600: #932F39;
--color-700: #68272E;
--color-800: #441D21;
--color-900: #291416;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pastel-pink: {
50: '#FEF1F2',
100: '#FCD9DD',
200: '#F7B6BC',
300: '#EB848E',
400: '#DB5764',
500: '#C13442',
600: '#932F39',
700: '#68272E',
800: '#441D21',
900: '#291416',
},
}
$base: #FAD1D5; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF1F2; $base-100: #FCD9DD; $base-200: #F7B6BC; $base-300: #EB848E; $base-400: #DB5764; $base-500: #C13442; $base-600: #932F39; $base-700: #68272E; $base-800: #441D21; $base-900: #291416; $base-hover: #F17E8A; $base-subtle: #FCF3F4;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAD1D5",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF1F2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FCD9DD",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F7B6BC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EB848E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DB5764",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C13442",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#932F39",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#68272E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#441D21",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291416",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}