#FCEAE8 is a light neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. 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 #FCEAE8 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FCEAE8 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 is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Misty Rose.
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.
How #FCEAE8 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 #FCEAE8 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FCEAE8;
--color-base-rgb: 252 234 232;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(95.1% 0.020 25.2);
--color-50: #FEF2F1;
--color-100: #FBDDDA;
--color-200: #F5BDB7;
--color-300: #E99086;
--color-400: #D96659;
--color-500: #BE4437;
--color-600: #913B31;
--color-700: #662F28;
--color-800: #43221E;
--color-900: #291614;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FEF2F1',
100: '#FBDDDA',
200: '#F5BDB7',
300: '#E99086',
400: '#D96659',
500: '#BE4437',
600: '#913B31',
700: '#662F28',
800: '#43221E',
900: '#291614',
},
}
$base: #FCEAE8; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF2F1; $base-100: #FBDDDA; $base-200: #F5BDB7; $base-300: #E99086; $base-400: #D96659; $base-500: #BE4437; $base-600: #913B31; $base-700: #662F28; $base-800: #43221E; $base-900: #291614; $base-hover: #F19C93; $base-subtle: #FDF9F9;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FCEAE8",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF2F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBDDDA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F5BDB7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#E99086",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#D96659",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BE4437",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#913B31",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#662F28",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#43221E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291614",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}