#FAE4EA 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 #FAE4EA works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAE4EA 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 #FAE4EA 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 #FAE4EA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAE4EA;
--color-base-rgb: 250 228 234;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.8% 0.025 359.2);
--color-50: #FDF2F5;
--color-100: #F9DCE4;
--color-200: #F2BAC9;
--color-300: #E48BA3;
--color-400: #D2607E;
--color-500: #B73E5E;
--color-600: #8C364D;
--color-700: #632C3A;
--color-800: #412029;
--color-900: #28151A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FDF2F5',
100: '#F9DCE4',
200: '#F2BAC9',
300: '#E48BA3',
400: '#D2607E',
500: '#B73E5E',
600: '#8C364D',
700: '#632C3A',
800: '#412029',
900: '#28151A',
},
}
$base: #FAE4EA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF2F5; $base-100: #F9DCE4; $base-200: #F2BAC9; $base-300: #E48BA3; $base-400: #D2607E; $base-500: #B73E5E; $base-600: #8C364D; $base-700: #632C3A; $base-800: #412029; $base-900: #28151A; $base-hover: #EB94AB; $base-subtle: #FDF8F9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAE4EA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9DCE4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F2BAC9",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E48BA3",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D2607E",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B73E5E",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8C364D",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#632C3A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#412029",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#28151A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}