#FDE3E4 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 #FDE3E4 works with other colors. Named schemes with #FDE3E4 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 #FDE3E4 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 #FDE3E4 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #FDE3E4;
--color-base-rgb: 253 227 228;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(93.7% 0.029 15.0);
--color-50: #FEF0F1;
--color-100: #FDD8D9;
--color-200: #FAB3B5;
--color-300: #F07F83;
--color-400: #E15156;
--color-500: #C72E33;
--color-600: #972B2E;
--color-700: #6B2427;
--color-800: #451C1D;
--color-900: #2A1314;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
misty-rose: {
50: '#FEF0F1',
100: '#FDD8D9',
200: '#FAB3B5',
300: '#F07F83',
400: '#E15156',
500: '#C72E33',
600: '#972B2E',
700: '#6B2427',
800: '#451C1D',
900: '#2A1314',
},
}
$base: #FDE3E4; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF0F1; $base-100: #FDD8D9; $base-200: #FAB3B5; $base-300: #F07F83; $base-400: #E15156; $base-500: #C72E33; $base-600: #972B2E; $base-700: #6B2427; $base-800: #451C1D; $base-900: #2A1314; $base-hover: #F7898C; $base-subtle: #FDF7F8;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#FDE3E4",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF0F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDD8D9",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#FAB3B5",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#F07F83",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E15156",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C72E33",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#972B2E",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6B2427",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#451C1D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A1314",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}