#FDD2D1 is a muted, warm red-orange. 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 #FDD2D1 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FDD2D1 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 #FDD2D1 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 #FDD2D1 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FDD2D1;
--color-base-rgb: 253 210 209;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(90.0% 0.049 19.7);
--color-50: #FEF1F0;
--color-100: #FDD8D8;
--color-200: #FCB2B1;
--color-300: #F37E7C;
--color-400: #E54F4D;
--color-500: #CB2C29;
--color-600: #9A2A28;
--color-700: #6D2322;
--color-800: #471B1A;
--color-900: #2B1312;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
pastel-pink: {
50: '#FEF1F0',
100: '#FDD8D8',
200: '#FCB2B1',
300: '#F37E7C',
400: '#E54F4D',
500: '#CB2C29',
600: '#9A2A28',
700: '#6D2322',
800: '#471B1A',
900: '#2B1312',
},
}
$base: #FDD2D1; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF1F0; $base-100: #FDD8D8; $base-200: #FCB2B1; $base-300: #F37E7C; $base-400: #E54F4D; $base-500: #CB2C29; $base-600: #9A2A28; $base-700: #6D2322; $base-800: #471B1A; $base-900: #2B1312; $base-hover: #F97C7A; $base-subtle: #FDF3F3;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FDD2D1",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF1F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FCB2B1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F37E7C",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E54F4D",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#CB2C29",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#9A2A28",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6D2322",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#471B1A",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2B1312",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}