#FADEF0 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 #FADEF0 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FADEF0 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 #FADEF0 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 #FADEF0 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FADEF0;
--color-base-rgb: 250 222 240;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(92.9% 0.039 339.2);
--color-50: #FEF1F9;
--color-100: #FBDBEF;
--color-200: #F4B8DF;
--color-300: #E788C6;
--color-400: #D65CAB;
--color-500: #BC398E;
--color-600: #8F336F;
--color-700: #652A50;
--color-800: #421F36;
--color-900: #291522;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FEF1F9',
100: '#FBDBEF',
200: '#F4B8DF',
300: '#E788C6',
400: '#D65CAB',
500: '#BC398E',
600: '#8F336F',
700: '#652A50',
800: '#421F36',
900: '#291522',
},
}
$base: #FADEF0; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF1F9; $base-100: #FBDBEF; $base-200: #F4B8DF; $base-300: #E788C6; $base-400: #D65CAB; $base-500: #BC398E; $base-600: #8F336F; $base-700: #652A50; $base-800: #421F36; $base-900: #291522; $base-hover: #EE8DCC; $base-subtle: #FDF7FB;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FADEF0",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF1F9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBDBEF",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F4B8DF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E788C6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D65CAB",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BC398E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8F336F",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#652A50",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#421F36",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291522",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}