#FDE2E4 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 #FDE2E4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FDE2E4 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 #FDE2E4 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 #FDE2E4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FDE2E4;
--color-base-rgb: 253 226 228;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.5% 0.030 12.6);
--color-50: #FEF0F1;
--color-100: #FDD8DA;
--color-200: #FAB3B8;
--color-300: #F07F87;
--color-400: #E1515B;
--color-500: #C72E38;
--color-600: #972B32;
--color-700: #6B2429;
--color-800: #451C1E;
--color-900: #2A1314;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FEF0F1',
100: '#FDD8DA',
200: '#FAB3B8',
300: '#F07F87',
400: '#E1515B',
500: '#C72E38',
600: '#972B32',
700: '#6B2429',
800: '#451C1E',
900: '#2A1314',
},
}
$base: #FDE2E4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF0F1; $base-100: #FDD8DA; $base-200: #FAB3B8; $base-300: #F07F87; $base-400: #E1515B; $base-500: #C72E38; $base-600: #972B32; $base-700: #6B2429; $base-800: #451C1E; $base-900: #2A1314; $base-hover: #F78990; $base-subtle: #FDF7F8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FDE2E4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8DA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FAB3B8",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F07F87",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E1515B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C72E38",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#972B32",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6B2429",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#451C1E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A1314",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}