#FADBEC 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 #FADBEC works with other colors. Named schemes with #FADBEC 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.
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 keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal 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.
Pastel Pink sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
How #FADBEC 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 #FADBEC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FADBEC;
--color-base-rgb: 250 219 236;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.2% 0.041 343.7);
--color-50: #FEF1F8;
--color-100: #FBDAEC;
--color-200: #F5B7D9;
--color-300: #E987BD;
--color-400: #D85A9F;
--color-500: #BD3781;
--color-600: #903266;
--color-700: #66294A;
--color-800: #431E32;
--color-900: #291420;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pastel-pink: {
50: '#FEF1F8',
100: '#FBDAEC',
200: '#F5B7D9',
300: '#E987BD',
400: '#D85A9F',
500: '#BD3781',
600: '#903266',
700: '#66294A',
800: '#431E32',
900: '#291420',
},
}
$base: #FADBEC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF1F8; $base-100: #FBDAEC; $base-200: #F5B7D9; $base-300: #E987BD; $base-400: #D85A9F; $base-500: #BD3781; $base-600: #903266; $base-700: #66294A; $base-800: #431E32; $base-900: #291420; $base-hover: #EF89C1; $base-subtle: #FCF5F9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FADBEC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF1F8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBDAEC",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5B7D9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E987BD",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D85A9F",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BD3781",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#903266",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#66294A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#431E32",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291420",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}