#FCE5DA is a pale, temperate off-white. On the Color Lab it reads 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 #FCE5DA works with other colors. Named schemes with #FCE5DA 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.
This palette keeps Misty Rose as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Misty Rose 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.
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 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.
How #FCE5DA 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 #FCE5DA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FCE5DA;
--color-base-rgb: 252 229 218;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.8% 0.029 47.3);
--color-50: #FEF5F0;
--color-100: #FDE4D8;
--color-200: #F9CAB4;
--color-300: #EEA381;
--color-400: #DF7F53;
--color-500: #C55F30;
--color-600: #964E2C;
--color-700: #6A3B25;
--color-800: #45291C;
--color-900: #2A1A13;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FEF5F0',
100: '#FDE4D8',
200: '#F9CAB4',
300: '#EEA381',
400: '#DF7F53',
500: '#C55F30',
600: '#964E2C',
700: '#6A3B25',
800: '#45291C',
900: '#2A1A13',
},
}
$base: #FCE5DA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF5F0; $base-100: #FDE4D8; $base-200: #F9CAB4; $base-300: #EEA381; $base-400: #DF7F53; $base-500: #C55F30; $base-600: #964E2C; $base-700: #6A3B25; $base-800: #45291C; $base-900: #2A1A13; $base-hover: #F5A782; $base-subtle: #FDF7F5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FCE5DA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF5F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDE4D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F9CAB4",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EEA381",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DF7F53",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C55F30",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#964E2C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6A3B25",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#45291C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A1A13",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}