#FAE3DB 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 #FAE3DB works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAE3DB 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 #FAE3DB 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 #FAE3DB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAE3DB;
--color-base-rgb: 250 227 219;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.2% 0.028 40.2);
--color-50: #FEF4F1;
--color-100: #FBE2DA;
--color-200: #F5C7B7;
--color-300: #E99F87;
--color-400: #D87A5A;
--color-500: #BD5937;
--color-600: #904932;
--color-700: #663829;
--color-800: #43271E;
--color-900: #291914;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FEF4F1',
100: '#FBE2DA',
200: '#F5C7B7',
300: '#E99F87',
400: '#D87A5A',
500: '#BD5937',
600: '#904932',
700: '#663829',
800: '#43271E',
900: '#291914',
},
}
$base: #FAE3DB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF4F1; $base-100: #FBE2DA; $base-200: #F5C7B7; $base-300: #E99F87; $base-400: #D87A5A; $base-500: #BD5937; $base-600: #904932; $base-700: #663829; $base-800: #43271E; $base-900: #291914; $base-hover: #EFA289; $base-subtle: #FCF7F5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAE3DB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF4F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBE2DA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5C7B7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E99F87",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D87A5A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BD5937",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#904932",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#663829",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#43271E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291914",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}