#FAE2EA 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 #FAE2EA works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAE2EA 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 #FAE2EA 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 #FAE2EA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAE2EA;
--color-base-rgb: 250 226 234;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.4% 0.028 355.4);
--color-50: #FDF1F5;
--color-100: #FADBE5;
--color-200: #F3B9CD;
--color-300: #E58AA8;
--color-400: #D45E85;
--color-500: #B93C66;
--color-600: #8D3552;
--color-700: #642B3E;
--color-800: #421F2B;
--color-900: #28151B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FDF1F5',
100: '#FADBE5',
200: '#F3B9CD',
300: '#E58AA8',
400: '#D45E85',
500: '#B93C66',
600: '#8D3552',
700: '#642B3E',
800: '#421F2B',
900: '#28151B',
},
}
$base: #FAE2EA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF1F5; $base-100: #FADBE5; $base-200: #F3B9CD; $base-300: #E58AA8; $base-400: #D45E85; $base-500: #B93C66; $base-600: #8D3552; $base-700: #642B3E; $base-800: #421F2B; $base-900: #28151B; $base-hover: #EC8FAE; $base-subtle: #FDF7F9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAE2EA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF1F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FADBE5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F3B9CD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E58AA8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D45E85",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B93C66",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8D3552",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#642B3E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#421F2B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#28151B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}