#FADEDC is a pale, temperate off-white. 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 #FADEDC works with other colors. Named schemes with #FADEDC 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 #FADEDC 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 #FADEDC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FADEDC;
--color-base-rgb: 250 222 220;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.3% 0.031 22.6);
--color-50: #FEF2F1;
--color-100: #FBDDDA;
--color-200: #F5BCB8;
--color-300: #E88E87;
--color-400: #D7635B;
--color-500: #BC4138;
--color-600: #903832;
--color-700: #662D29;
--color-800: #42211E;
--color-900: #291614;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FEF2F1',
100: '#FBDDDA',
200: '#F5BCB8',
300: '#E88E87',
400: '#D7635B',
500: '#BC4138',
600: '#903832',
700: '#662D29',
800: '#42211E',
900: '#291614',
},
}
$base: #FADEDC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF2F1; $base-100: #FBDDDA; $base-200: #F5BCB8; $base-300: #E88E87; $base-400: #D7635B; $base-500: #BC4138; $base-600: #903832; $base-700: #662D29; $base-800: #42211E; $base-900: #291614; $base-hover: #EE9089; $base-subtle: #FCF6F5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FADEDC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF2F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBDDDA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5BCB8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E88E87",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D7635B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BC4138",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#903832",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#662D29",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#42211E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291614",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}