#FAE4EF 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 #FAE4EF works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAE4EF 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 #FAE4EF 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 #FAE4EF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAE4EF;
--color-base-rgb: 250 228 239;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(94.0% 0.028 345.9);
--color-50: #FDF2F7;
--color-100: #F9DCEB;
--color-200: #F2BAD6;
--color-300: #E48BB8;
--color-400: #D26099;
--color-500: #B73E7A;
--color-600: #8C3661;
--color-700: #632C47;
--color-800: #412030;
--color-900: #28151F;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FDF2F7',
100: '#F9DCEB',
200: '#F2BAD6',
300: '#E48BB8',
400: '#D26099',
500: '#B73E7A',
600: '#8C3661',
700: '#632C47',
800: '#412030',
900: '#28151F',
},
}
$base: #FAE4EF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF2F7; $base-100: #F9DCEB; $base-200: #F2BAD6; $base-300: #E48BB8; $base-400: #D26099; $base-500: #B73E7A; $base-600: #8C3661; $base-700: #632C47; $base-800: #412030; $base-900: #28151F; $base-hover: #EB94C0; $base-subtle: #FDF8FA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAE4EF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F7",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9DCEB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F2BAD6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E48BB8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D26099",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B73E7A",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8C3661",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#632C47",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#412030",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#28151F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}