#FBE5EB 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 #FBE5EB works with other colors. Named schemes with #FBE5EB 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 #FBE5EB 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 #FBE5EB at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FBE5EB;
--color-base-rgb: 251 229 235;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(94.1% 0.025 359.1);
--color-50: #FDF1F4;
--color-100: #FADBE3;
--color-200: #F4B9C8;
--color-300: #E788A2;
--color-400: #D55D7D;
--color-500: #BB3A5C;
--color-600: #8E334C;
--color-700: #652A3A;
--color-800: #421F28;
--color-900: #28151A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FDF1F4',
100: '#FADBE3',
200: '#F4B9C8',
300: '#E788A2',
400: '#D55D7D',
500: '#BB3A5C',
600: '#8E334C',
700: '#652A3A',
800: '#421F28',
900: '#28151A',
},
}
$base: #FBE5EB; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FDF1F4; $base-100: #FADBE3; $base-200: #F4B9C8; $base-300: #E788A2; $base-400: #D55D7D; $base-500: #BB3A5C; $base-600: #8E334C; $base-700: #652A3A; $base-800: #421F28; $base-900: #28151A; $base-hover: #EE92AA; $base-subtle: #FDF8F9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FBE5EB",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FDF1F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FADBE3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F4B9C8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E788A2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D55D7D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BB3A5C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#8E334C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#652A3A",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#421F28",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#28151A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}