#FDB3CA is a soft, warm red. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #FDB3CA works with other colors. Named schemes with #FDB3CA in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Cherry Blossom 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 Cherry Blossom as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Cherry Blossom 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.
Cherry Blossom opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Cherry Blossom 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 Cherry Blossom carrying the quiet middle.
How #FDB3CA 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 #FDB3CA at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FDB3CA;
--color-base-rgb: 253 179 202;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(84.3% 0.090 358.9);
--color-50: #FEF0F5;
--color-100: #FDD8E4;
--color-200: #FCB1C8;
--color-300: #F57AA1;
--color-400: #E84A7C;
--color-500: #CE275C;
--color-600: #9C264B;
--color-700: #6E2139;
--color-800: #471A28;
--color-900: #2B121A;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cherry-blossom: {
50: '#FEF0F5',
100: '#FDD8E4',
200: '#FCB1C8',
300: '#F57AA1',
400: '#E84A7C',
500: '#CE275C',
600: '#9C264B',
700: '#6E2139',
800: '#471A28',
900: '#2B121A',
},
}
$base: #FDB3CA; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF0F5; $base-100: #FDD8E4; $base-200: #FCB1C8; $base-300: #F57AA1; $base-400: #E84A7C; $base-500: #CE275C; $base-600: #9C264B; $base-700: #6E2139; $base-800: #471A28; $base-900: #2B121A; $base-hover: #FB6091; $base-subtle: #FCEBF0;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FDB3CA",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F5",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8E4",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCB1C8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F57AA1",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E84A7C",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CE275C",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9C264B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6E2139",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#471A28",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B121A",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}