#FCD4E0 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 #FCD4E0 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FCD4E0 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 #FCD4E0 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 #FCD4E0 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FCD4E0;
--color-base-rgb: 252 212 224;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(90.7% 0.047 358.1);
--color-50: #FEF0F5;
--color-100: #FDD8E3;
--color-200: #FAB3C8;
--color-300: #F07FA1;
--color-400: #E1517C;
--color-500: #C72E5C;
--color-600: #972B4B;
--color-700: #6B2439;
--color-800: #451C28;
--color-900: #2A131A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pastel-pink: {
50: '#FEF0F5',
100: '#FDD8E3',
200: '#FAB3C8',
300: '#F07FA1',
400: '#E1517C',
500: '#C72E5C',
600: '#972B4B',
700: '#6B2439',
800: '#451C28',
900: '#2A131A',
},
}
$base: #FCD4E0; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF0F5; $base-100: #FDD8E3; $base-200: #FAB3C8; $base-300: #F07FA1; $base-400: #E1517C; $base-500: #C72E5C; $base-600: #972B4B; $base-700: #6B2439; $base-800: #451C28; $base-900: #2A131A; $base-hover: #F67DA2; $base-subtle: #FDF4F6;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FCD4E0",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E3",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FAB3C8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F07FA1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E1517C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C72E5C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#972B4B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6B2439",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#451C28",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A131A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}