#FDD2CC is a muted, warm orange. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, 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 #FDD2CC works with other colors. Named schemes with #FDD2CC in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Rose Quartz as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Rose Quartz 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.
Rose Quartz holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Rose Quartz opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Rose Quartz 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 Rose Quartz carrying the quiet middle.
How #FDD2CC 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 #FDD2CC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FDD2CC;
--color-base-rgb: 253 210 204;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(89.9% 0.049 27.4);
--color-50: #FEF2F0;
--color-100: #FDDCD8;
--color-200: #FCBAB1;
--color-300: #F38A7C;
--color-400: #E55F4D;
--color-500: #CB3C29;
--color-600: #9A3528;
--color-700: #6D2B22;
--color-800: #471F1A;
--color-900: #2B1512;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
rose-quartz: {
50: '#FEF2F0',
100: '#FDDCD8',
200: '#FCBAB1',
300: '#F38A7C',
400: '#E55F4D',
500: '#CB3C29',
600: '#9A3528',
700: '#6D2B22',
800: '#471F1A',
900: '#2B1512',
},
}
$base: #FDD2CC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF2F0; $base-100: #FDDCD8; $base-200: #FCBAB1; $base-300: #F38A7C; $base-400: #E55F4D; $base-500: #CB3C29; $base-600: #9A3528; $base-700: #6D2B22; $base-800: #471F1A; $base-900: #2B1512; $base-hover: #F98576; $base-subtle: #FDF3F2;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FDD2CC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF2F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDDCD8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCBAB1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F38A7C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E55F4D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CB3C29",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9A3528",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6D2B22",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#471F1A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B1512",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}