#FBB1CC is a soft, warm red. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #FBB1CC works with other colors. Named schemes with #FBB1CC in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Cherry Blossom 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 Cherry Blossom as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Cherry Blossom 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.
Cherry Blossom opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Cherry Blossom 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 Cherry Blossom carrying the quiet middle.
How #FBB1CC 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 #FBB1CC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FBB1CC;
--color-base-rgb: 251 177 204;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(83.8% 0.092 355.7);
--color-50: #FEF0F5;
--color-100: #FDD8E6;
--color-200: #FBB2CC;
--color-300: #F27EA8;
--color-400: #E34F85;
--color-500: #CA2B65;
--color-600: #992952;
--color-700: #6C233E;
--color-800: #461B2B;
--color-900: #2B121B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cherry-blossom: {
50: '#FEF0F5',
100: '#FDD8E6',
200: '#FBB2CC',
300: '#F27EA8',
400: '#E34F85',
500: '#CA2B65',
600: '#992952',
700: '#6C233E',
800: '#461B2B',
900: '#2B121B',
},
}
$base: #FBB1CC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF0F5; $base-100: #FDD8E6; $base-200: #FBB2CC; $base-300: #F27EA8; $base-400: #E34F85; $base-500: #CA2B65; $base-600: #992952; $base-700: #6C233E; $base-800: #461B2B; $base-900: #2B121B; $base-hover: #F76097; $base-subtle: #FBEAF1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FBB1CC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FBB2CC",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F27EA8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E34F85",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CA2B65",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#992952",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6C233E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#461B2B",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B121B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}