#FAE7EE 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 #FAE7EE works with other colors. Named schemes with #FAE7EE 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 #FAE7EE 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 #FAE7EE at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FAE7EE;
--color-base-rgb: 250 231 238;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(94.5% 0.023 353.1);
--color-50: #FDF2F6;
--color-100: #F9DCE7;
--color-200: #F1BBCF;
--color-300: #E28DAC;
--color-400: #D0628A;
--color-500: #B5406B;
--color-600: #8A3856;
--color-700: #622D40;
--color-800: #40212C;
--color-900: #28161C;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FDF2F6',
100: '#F9DCE7',
200: '#F1BBCF',
300: '#E28DAC',
400: '#D0628A',
500: '#B5406B',
600: '#8A3856',
700: '#622D40',
800: '#40212C',
900: '#28161C',
},
}
$base: #FAE7EE; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF2F6; $base-100: #F9DCE7; $base-200: #F1BBCF; $base-300: #E28DAC; $base-400: #D0628A; $base-500: #B5406B; $base-600: #8A3856; $base-700: #622D40; $base-800: #40212C; $base-900: #28161C; $base-hover: #E996B5; $base-subtle: #FDF8FA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FAE7EE",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF2F6",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#F9DCE7",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F1BBCF",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E28DAC",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D0628A",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#B5406B",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8A3856",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#622D40",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#40212C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#28161C",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}