#FADDE2 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 #FADDE2 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FADDE2 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 #FADDE2 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 #FADDE2 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FADDE2;
--color-base-rgb: 250 221 226;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.3% 0.033 6.0);
--color-50: #FEF1F3;
--color-100: #FBDBE0;
--color-200: #F4B8C2;
--color-300: #E78898;
--color-400: #D65C70;
--color-500: #BC394F;
--color-600: #8F3342;
--color-700: #652A33;
--color-800: #421F25;
--color-900: #291518;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FEF1F3',
100: '#FBDBE0',
200: '#F4B8C2',
300: '#E78898',
400: '#D65C70',
500: '#BC394F',
600: '#8F3342',
700: '#652A33',
800: '#421F25',
900: '#291518',
},
}
$base: #FADDE2; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF1F3; $base-100: #FBDBE0; $base-200: #F4B8C2; $base-300: #E78898; $base-400: #D65C70; $base-500: #BC394F; $base-600: #8F3342; $base-700: #652A33; $base-800: #421F25; $base-900: #291518; $base-hover: #ED8A9A; $base-subtle: #FCF5F7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FADDE2",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF1F3",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBDBE0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F4B8C2",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E78898",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D65C70",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BC394F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8F3342",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#652A33",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#421F25",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291518",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}