#FAE6EA 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 #FAE6EA works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAE6EA 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 #FAE6EA 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 #FAE6EA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAE6EA;
--color-base-rgb: 250 230 234;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(94.2% 0.022 3.8);
--color-50: #FDF2F4;
--color-100: #F9DCE2;
--color-200: #F1BBC6;
--color-300: #E38C9E;
--color-400: #D06278;
--color-500: #B53F57;
--color-600: #8B3748;
--color-700: #622C37;
--color-800: #412027;
--color-900: #281619;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FDF2F4',
100: '#F9DCE2',
200: '#F1BBC6',
300: '#E38C9E',
400: '#D06278',
500: '#B53F57',
600: '#8B3748',
700: '#622C37',
800: '#412027',
900: '#281619',
},
}
$base: #FAE6EA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF2F4; $base-100: #F9DCE2; $base-200: #F1BBC6; $base-300: #E38C9E; $base-400: #D06278; $base-500: #B53F57; $base-600: #8B3748; $base-700: #622C37; $base-800: #412027; $base-900: #281619; $base-hover: #EA95A6; $base-subtle: #FDF8F9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAE6EA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9DCE2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F1BBC6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E38C9E",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D06278",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B53F57",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8B3748",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#622C37",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#412027",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#281619",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}