#FBB5CD 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 #FBB5CD works with other colors. Named schemes with #FBB5CD 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 #FBB5CD 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 #FBB5CD at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FBB5CD;
--color-base-rgb: 251 181 205;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(84.5% 0.086 356.8);
--color-50: #FEF0F5;
--color-100: #FDD8E5;
--color-200: #FBB2CB;
--color-300: #F27EA6;
--color-400: #E34F83;
--color-500: #CA2B63;
--color-600: #992950;
--color-700: #6C233D;
--color-800: #461B2A;
--color-900: #2B121B;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cherry-blossom: {
50: '#FEF0F5',
100: '#FDD8E5',
200: '#FBB2CB',
300: '#F27EA6',
400: '#E34F83',
500: '#CA2B63',
600: '#992950',
700: '#6C233D',
800: '#461B2A',
900: '#2B121B',
},
}
$base: #FBB5CD; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF0F5; $base-100: #FDD8E5; $base-200: #FBB2CB; $base-300: #F27EA6; $base-400: #E34F83; $base-500: #CA2B63; $base-600: #992950; $base-700: #6C233D; $base-800: #461B2A; $base-900: #2B121B; $base-hover: #F76497; $base-subtle: #FBECF1;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FBB5CD",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E5",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FBB2CB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F27EA6",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E34F83",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CA2B63",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#992950",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6C233D",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#461B2A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B121B",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}