#FCD4DF is a muted, temperate red. 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 #FCD4DF works with other colors. Named schemes with #FCD4DF in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Pastel Pink 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 Pastel Pink as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Pastel Pink 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.
Pastel Pink opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Pastel Pink 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 Pastel Pink carrying the quiet middle.
How #FCD4DF 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 #FCD4DF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FCD4DF;
--color-base-rgb: 252 212 223;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(90.7% 0.047 359.7);
--color-50: #FEF0F4;
--color-100: #FDD8E2;
--color-200: #FAB3C6;
--color-300: #F07F9D;
--color-400: #E15177;
--color-500: #C72E57;
--color-600: #972B48;
--color-700: #6B2437;
--color-800: #451C27;
--color-900: #2A1319;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pastel-pink: {
50: '#FEF0F4',
100: '#FDD8E2',
200: '#FAB3C6',
300: '#F07F9D',
400: '#E15177',
500: '#C72E57',
600: '#972B48',
700: '#6B2437',
800: '#451C27',
900: '#2A1319',
},
}
$base: #FCD4DF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF0F4; $base-100: #FDD8E2; $base-200: #FAB3C6; $base-300: #F07F9D; $base-400: #E15177; $base-500: #C72E57; $base-600: #972B48; $base-700: #6B2437; $base-800: #451C27; $base-900: #2A1319; $base-hover: #F67D9D; $base-subtle: #FDF4F6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FCD4DF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F4",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E2",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FAB3C6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F07F9D",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E15177",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C72E57",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#972B48",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6B2437",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#451C27",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A1319",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}